# Human Capital (2013 film)

Human Capital (Italian: Il capitale umano) is a 2013 Italian thriller film directed by Paolo Virzì. The film is based on the American novel Human Capital by Stephen Amidon. For her performance in the film, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi was awarded Best Actress at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. It was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

## Plot summary

The film is set in a town in Brianza and in Milan. On Christmas Eve, a waiter cycling home from working at a prestigious private school gala is hit by a car. The driver flees, leaving the waiter lying in the street badly injured. The waiter is hospitalized and close to death. The next day, two well-known families' lives are connected by the incident.

## Filming locations

Even though the story is set in a town in Brianza, most of the urban scenes were filmed in February 2013 in the cities of Varese. Principal photography began on 18 February 2013 and lasted eight weeks. and Como, in the countryside of Osnago in the Province of Lecco and in Arese for the villa with the swimming pool. The beautiful villa of the Bernaschi Family is located in Fortunago, a medieval village in the Province of Pavia.

## Cast

* Fabrizio Bentivoglio: Dino Ossola
* Valeria Bruni Tedeschi: Carla Bernaschi
* Fabrizio Gifuni: Giovanni Bernaschi
* Valeria Golino: Roberta Morelli
* Matilde Gioli: Serena Ossola
* Guglielmo Pinelli: Massimiliano Bernaschi
* Luigi Lo Cascio: Donato Russomanno
* Giovanni Anzaldo (it): Luca
* Gigio Alberti: Giampi
* Bebo Storti: Inspector
* Michael Sart: Jean Louis, Bernaschi's assistant
* Silvia Cohen: Adriana Crosetti
* Gianluca Di Lauro: Fabrizio, the cyclist
* Paolo Pierobon, Luca's uncle

## Reception
### Critical response

Human Capital holds an 81% rating and a weighted average of 6.8/10 on Rotten Tomatoes based on 68 reviews, with the consensus being, "Part character study, part socioeconomic fable, Human Capital offers trenchant commentary as well as absorbing drama." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 19 critics.

### Awards and nominations

Awards :
| Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
| 69th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Director | Paolo Virzì | Won |
| 69th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Producer | Indiana Production Rai Cinema and Motorino Amaranto | Nominated |
| 69th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Screenplay | Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo & Paolo Virzì | Won |
| 69th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Actor | Fabrizio Bentivoglio e Fabrizio Gifuni | Won |
| 69th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Nominated |
| 69th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Scenography | Mauro Radaelli | Won |
| 69th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Editing | Cecilia Zanuso | Won |
| 69th Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Sound | Roberto Mozzarelli | Won |
| 69th Silver Ribbon Awards | Guglielmo Biraghi Award | Matilde Gioli | Won |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Film | Paolo Virzì | Won |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Director | Paolo Virzì | Nominated |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Script | Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo & Paolo Virzì | Won |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Producer | Indiana Production Rai Cinema and Motorino Amaranto | Nominated |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Actor | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Nominated |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Won |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Fabrizio Gifuni | Won |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Valeria Golino | Won |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Cinematography | Jérôme Almèras | Nominated |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Sets and Decorations | Mauro Radaelli | Nominated |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Costumes | Bettina Pontiggia | Nominated |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Makeup | Caroline Philipponnat | Nominated |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Hairstyling | Stéphane Desmarez | Nominated |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Editing | Cecilia Zanuso | Won |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Sound | Roberto Mozzarelli | Won |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Score | Carlo Virzì | Nominated |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Song | Giacomo Vaccai e Jackie O'S Farm | Nominated |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Special Effects | Effetti Digitali Italiani (eng: Italian Digital Effects) | Nominated |
| 59th David di Donatello Awards | Youngs' David | Paolo Virzì | Nominated |
| 54th Globi d'oro | Best Film | Paolo Virzì | Won |
| 54th Globi d'oro | Best Script | Paolo Virzì, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo | Nominated |
| 54th Globi d'oro | Best Actor | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Nominated |
| 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Crystal Globe | Paolo Virzì | Nominated |
| 50th Chicago International Film Festival | Gold Hugo for Best International Feature | Paolo Virzì | Nominated |
| 50th Chicago International Film Festival | Gold Plaque for Best Art Direction | Mauro Radaelli | Won |
| 41st Flaiano International Prizes | Golden Pegasus Award for Best Director | Paolo Virzì | Won |
| 37th Denver Film Festival | Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Best Feature | Paolo Virzì | Nominated |
| 34th Hawaii International Film Festival | EuroCinema Hawai'i Award | Paolo Virzì | Nominated |
| 34th Hawaii International Film Festival | EuroCinema Hawai'i Best Actress Award | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Won |
| 29th Ciak d'oro | Best Director | Paolo Virzì | Won |
| 29th Ciak d'oro | Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Won |
| 29th Ciak d'oro | Best Supporting Actor | Fabrizio Gifuni | Nominated |
| 29th Ciak d'oro | Best Supporting Actress | Matilde Gioli | Nominated |
| 29th Ciak d'oro | Best Costumes | Bettina Pontiggia | Nominated |
| 29th Ciak d'oro | Best Screenwriter | Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo and Paolo Virzì | Won |
| 29th Ciak d'oro | Best Sound | Roberto Mozzarelli, Emanuele Chiappa and Alessandro Orlando | Nominated |
| 29th Ciak d'oro | Best Editing | Cecilia Zanuso | Won |
| 29th Ciak d'oro | Best Music | Carlo Virzì | Nominated |
| 29th Ciak d'oro | Best Movie Poster | Riccardo Fidenzi and Maurizio Rubens | Nominated |
| 27th European Film Awards | Best Director | Paolo Virzì | Nominated |
| 27th European Film Awards | Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Nominated |
| 25th Stockholm International Film Festival | Open Zone Award | Paolo Virzì | Nominated |
| 23rd St. Louis International Film Festival | Best International Film | Paolo Virzì | Nominated |
| 23rd St. Louis International Film Festival | St. Louis Film Critics' Joe Pollack Best Feature Award | Paolo Virzì | Won |
| 22nd Raindance Film Festival | Best International Feature | Paolo Virzì | Nominated |
| 15th Ghent International Film Festival | Canvas Audience Award | Paolo Virzì | Won |
| 12th Tribeca Film Festival | Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Won |
| 12th Tribeca Film Festival | Best Narrative Feature | Paolo Virzì | Nominated |
| 4th Ischia Global Film & Music Festival | Ischia Italian Movie Award | Paolo Virzì, Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib and Marco Cohen | Won |
| 4th Ischia Global Film & Music Festival | Ischia Italian Director Award | Paolo Virzì | Won |