Monday, March 16, 2015

Human Capital - Sunday 22nd March 5:00 PM

The club makes a welcome return to screening an Italian film this weekend. The last film from that country that we screened was The Great Beauty, however Human Capital is a drama more akin to Loose Cannons and The Consequences of Love (which, if you can believe it, was screened almost 10 years ago).

Adapted from a novel by Steven Amidon, the action is moved from the cool of Connecticut to the perhaps more chic surroundings of Milan. The LA Times summed up the film as: "The haves and the wanna-haves mingle, anxious and wary, in Paolo Virzi's sharply observed Human Capital. Social commentary, introspective drama and gripping whodunit, Italy's submission to the Academy Awards concerns two families from disparate worlds, people whose paths cross only because their teen children are dating. Human Capital finds its thriller pulse in the secret emotional lives of the kids — played by superb newcomers Matilde Gioli and Guglielmo Pinelli. Amid setbacks, reversals and a police investigation, the adults circle a number of truths without quite facing them."