''Capital'' (french: Le capital) is a 2012 French drama film directed by
Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras; el, Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for films with political and s ...
, about ruthless ambition, power struggle, greed and deception in the international world of finance.
Plot
The film follows an executive who is appointed the new CEO of a large French bank, and upsets the bank's board of directors when he begins to take unilateral control of the bank, laying off a large number of employees and making a corrupt deal with the head of an American
hedge fund
A hedge fund is a pooled investment fund that trades in relatively liquid assets and is able to make extensive use of more complex trading, portfolio-construction, and risk management techniques in an attempt to improve performance, such as sho ...
.
Main cast
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Gad Elmaleh
Gad Elmaleh ( ar, جاد المالح, Latn, ar, Gād el-Māleḥ; born 19 April 1971) is a Moroccan-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor who achieved fame in France, Morocco and the United States. He is best known in the French-speaking worl ...
as Marc Tourneuil
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Gabriel Byrne
Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, audiobook narrator, and author. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's s ...
as Dittmar Rigule
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Natacha Régnier
Nathalie "Natacha" Régnier (born 11 April 1974) is a Belgian actress. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award, a European Film Award, and a César Award for her role in the 1998 film ''The Dreamlife of Angels''. Régnier is the first Belgia ...
as Diane Tourneuil
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Céline Sallette
Céline Sallette (born 25 April 1980) is a French actress.
Career
In 2012, she was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance in ''House of Tolerance''.
In 2016, she was a member of the jury for the Un Certain ...
as Maud Baron
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Liya Kebede
Liya Kebede ( am, ሊያ ከበደ; born 1 March 1978) is an Ethiopian-born model, maternal health advocate, clothing designer, and actress. She has appeared on the cover of ''Vogue'' three times.
Kebede has served as the WHO's Ambassador for M ...
as Nassim
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Hippolyte Girardot
Hippolyte Girardot (born Frédéric Girardot; 10 October 1955) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He is the father of actress Ana Girardot.
Selected filmography
* 1973: '' La Femme de Jean'', directed by Yannick Bellon, Rémi
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as Raphaël Sieg
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Daniel Mesguich
Daniel Mesguich (born 15 July 1952) is a French actor and director in theater and opera, and professor of stage acting school.
Biography
In 1970, he was admitted into the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique, after which he opened ...
as Jack Marmande
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Olga Grumberg
Olga may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha
* Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga"
Places
Russia
* Olga, Russia, ...
as Claude Marmande
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Bernard Le Coq
Bernard Le Coq (born 25 September 1950) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred and fifty films since 1967. His first big role Bernard Le Coq has played as Annie Girardot's son and Claude Jade's brother in the family dram ...
as Antoine de Suze
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Yann Sundberg as Boris Breton
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Claire Nadeau
Claire Nadeau (born 1 June 1945) is a French actress.
Theater
Filmography
References
External links
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French film actresses
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21st-century French actresses
Actresses from P ...
as Marc's mother
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Marie-Christine Adam
Marie-Christine Adam (born 24 September 1950) is a French actress.
Filmography
Theatre
External links
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References
1950 births
Living people
French film actresses
French television actresses
Place of birth missing (living people ...
as Diane's Mother
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Astrid Whettnall
Astrid Jadot (née Ullens de Schooten Whettnall, known as Astrid Whettnall; born 17 March 1971) is a Belgian stage and film actress. She studied at the Kleine Academy in Brussels and began working in theatre. Her film credits include ''Capital'' ...
as Marilyne Gauthier
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Vincent Nemeth as Alain Faure
Reception
The film received slightly above average reviews during its initial appearance at various film festivals.
It was the closing film at the Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux in
Bordeaux, France
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture ...
. It was nominated for the
Golden Shell
The Golden Shell ( es, Concha de Oro; eu, Urrezko Maskorra) is the highest prize given to a competing film at the San Sebastián Film Festival. It was introduced in 1957. In 1953 and 1954, the highest prize had been called the Gran Premio. In 19 ...
for best film, the
Silver Shell for Best Director The Silver Shell for Best Director ( es, Concha de Plata al Mejor Director; eu, Zuzendari Onenaren Zilarrezko Maskorra) is one of the main awards presented at the San Sebastián Film Festival to the director of a competing film.
Award winners
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and the special jury prize at the 2012
San Sebastián International Film Festival
The San Sebastián International Film Festival ( SSIFF; es, Festival Internacional de San Sebastián, eu, Donostia Zinemaldia) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in th ...
and a
FIPRESCI
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...
prize at the 2012
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...
.
The film began regular public showings on 14 November 2012.
Shown at 36th annual
Mill Valley Film Festival
The Mill Valley Film Festival is an annual American film festival founded in 1977.
History
In October 1977, Mark Fishkin, Rita Cahill and Lois Cole organized a three-day film festival. It featured three film tributes, Francis Ford Coppola's ''T ...
, at the Christopher B Smith Film Centre on 4 October 2013. Costa-Gavras was present and answered questions at a Q&A conducted by
Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author and narrator of films, theatre, television, and audiobooks. He worked on films such as '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982), '' Cr ...
.
References
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Capital- Cohen Media Group (US Distributor)
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2012 films
2010s French-language films
Films directed by Costa Gavras
Films set in London
Films set in New York City
Films set in Paris
French drama films
2012 drama films
Trading films
2010s French films