Capital (French: Le capital) is a 2012 French drama film directed by Costa-Gavras, about ruthless ambition, power struggle, greed and deception in the international world of finance.
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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.
Main cast
Gad Elmaleh as Marc Tourneuil
Gabriel Byrne as Dittmar Rigule
Natacha Régnier as Diane Tourneuil
Céline Sallette as Maud Baron
Liya Kebede as Nassim
Hippolyte Girardot as Raphaël Sieg
Daniel Mesguich as Jack Marmande
Olga Grumberg as Claude Marmande
Bernard Le Coq as Antoine de Suze
Yann Sundberg as Boris Breton
Claire Nadeau as Marc's mother
Marie-Christine Adam as Diane's Mother
Astrid Whettnall as Marilyne Gauthier
Vincent Nemeth as Alain Faure
Reception
Capital received slightly above average reviews during its initial appearance at various film festivals.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 56% of 32 critics' reviews are positive. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 56 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.
It was the closing film at the Festival international du film indépendant de Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France. It was nominated for the Golden Shell for best film, the Silver Shell for Best Director and the special jury prize at the 2012 San Sebastián International Film Festival and a FIPRESCI prize at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film was screened at 36th annual Mill Valley Film Festival on 4 October 2013. Costa-Gavras was present and answered questions at a Q&A conducted by Peter Coyote.
The film was released in cinemas on 14 November 2012.