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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Human Capital begins at the end, as a cyclist is run off the road by a careening SUV the night before Christmas Eve. As details emerge of the events leading up to the accident, the lives of the well-to-do Bernaschi family, privileged and detached, will intertwine with the Ossolas, struggling to keep their comfortable middle-class life, in ways neither could have expected. Dino Ossola (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) , in dire financial straits, anticipates the birth of twins with his second wife (Valeria Golino) . Meanwhile, Dinos teenage daughters relationship with hedge-fund manager Giovanni Bernaschis playboy son complicates an already tricky social dance of status, money and ambition. REVIEW CERTIFIED FRESH on Rotten Tomatoes WINNER - Best Actress - Tribeca Film Festival WINNER - Best Foreign Film - Ft. Lauderdale Intl Film Festival SUBMITTED BY COUNTRY - Best Foreign Language Film - Academy Awards® OFFICIAL SELECTION Tribeca Film Festival Seattle Intl Film Festival Karlovy Vary Film Festival Sydney Film Festival New Zealand Intl Film Festival Melbourne Intl Film Festival The Norwegian Intl Film Festival Hagesund Odessa Intl Film Festival Milwaukee Intl Film Festival Traverse City Film Festival Chicago Intl Film Festival Vancouver Intl Film Festival --- Social commentary, introspective drama and gripping whodunit --LA Times Riveting from beginning to end --The San Francisco Chronicle ABOUT THE ACTOR Fluent in both Italian and French, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi has starred in several films in Italy. She started her Italian acting career in Pupi Avatis A Story of Boys and Girls. Valeria has won two David di Donatello for best actress once in 1995 for The Second Time and another in 1998 for Notes of Love. In French cinema, she is known for her performance in Normal People are Nothing Special, and 5x2. In 2003, Valeria made her directorial debut with Its Easier for a Camel.... In 2006, her second film Actrices was presented at the 60th Cannes Film Festival and won a Special Jury Prize. She is also the older sister of singer and former model Carla Bruni. Starting her career as a fashion model, Valeria was discovered in Athens by the Academy Award® nominated director Lina Wertmuller, who cast her in a minor role in A Joke of Destiny. A self-taught actress, Valeria would star in her first leading role two years later in Little Flames, for which she earned a Globo doro for Best Breakthrough actress. A year later, Valeria would win the coveted Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival for her performance as Bruna in A Tale of Love. In the United States, Valeria has worked on twenty films and is best known for her roles in Rain Man, Big Top Pee-Wee, and the Hot Shots! film series. In 2013, Valeria made her directorial debut with Honey, which she received a special mention by the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival and another Globo d oro for Best First Feature. ABOUT THE DIRECTOR Considered one of the major heirs of the Italian-style comedy film tradition, screenwriter and director Paolo Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy. Initially a screenwriter for film and television, Virzì made his directorial debut in 1994 with Living It Up, which won the Golden Ciak award at the Venice Film Festival. Three years later, Virzi received critical acclaim and the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival for his semi-autobiographical film Hardboiled Egg, a comedy set in Paolo s hometown. Paolo is also known for The First Beautiful Thing, and Ferie d agosto (August Vacation) , which won a David di Donatello Award for Best Film. See more

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