A calculation used by insurers to assess the monetary worth of a life cut short Human Capital questions the material and emotional value of both the living and the dead as it weaves a tangled web of greed lust and death. The film traces the financial and emotional entanglement of two Italian families; one bloated by the profits of lucrative hedge-funds the other led by a modest estate agent who dreams of bigger things. Their relationship unravels around the onset of the financial crisis and the mysterious hit-and-run death of a local waiter ultimately revealing... both the financial and moral bankruptcy of each family. [show more]
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Italian drama written and directed by Paolo Virzì. When a cyclist is run off the road the night before Christmas Eve two families from very different backgrounds are inexplicably brought together. The Rovellis are struggling to stay afloat on their meager working class wages while the Bernaschis are more than comfortable living their well-to-do lives. The cast includes Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Matilde Gioli and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.
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