Human Capital is a 2013 Italian 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 (Carla Bruni's sister) 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. The film is based on Steven Amidon's novel with Brianza (near Milan) replacing Connecticut.
Here we have a sublime collision between aspiring parvenu Dino (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) and hedge fund boss Giovanni Bernaschi (Fabrizio Gifuni). Dino's son is boyfriend to Giovanni's daughter. In the opening scene of workers cleaning a banquet hall, we know the party is over in Berlusconi's Italy.
