Capital (film)

"Le Capital" redirects here. For similarly named topics, see Capital (disambiguation).

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.

Capital
Film poster
French	Le capital
Directed by	Costa-Gavras
Written by	Karim Boukercha Costa-Gavras Jean-Claude Grumberg
Based on	Le Capital by Stéphane Osmont
Produced by	Michèle Ray-Gavras
Starring	Gad Elmaleh Gabriel Byrne Natacha Régnier Céline Sallette Liya Kebede Hippolyte Girardot Daniel Mesguich Olga Grumberg Bernard Le Coq
Cinematography	Éric Gautier
Edited by	Yannick Kergoat Yorgos Lamprinos
Music by	Armand Amar
Production company	K.G. Productions
Distributed by	Mars Distribution
Release dates	8 September 2012 (2012-09-08) (TIFF) 14 November 2012 (2012-11-14) (France)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	France
Languages	French English

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.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[2]

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.^[3][4]

The film was released in cinemas on 14 November 2012.^{[citation needed]}