''Capital'' () is a 2012 French drama film directed by

Costa-Gavras Konstantinos "Kostas" Gavras (; born 12 February 1933), known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for political films, such as the political thril ...

, 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

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Main cast

* Gad Elmaleh as Marc Tourneuil *

Gabriel Byrne Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards. Byrne was awarded the Irish Film and Television Academy L ...

as Dittmar Rigule *

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 Bel ...

as Diane Tourneuil * Céline Sallette as Maud Baron *

Liya Kebede Liya Kebede (; born 1 March 1978) is an Ethiopian-born model (person), model, maternal health advocate, clothing designer, and actress. She has appeared on the cover of ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'' 20 times. Kebede has served as the World Health ...

as Nassim * Hippolyte Girardot as Raphaël Sieg * Daniel Mesguich as Jack Marmande * Olga Grumberg as Claude Marmande *

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 drama '' ...

as Antoine de Suze * Yann Sundberg as Boris Breton *

Claire Nadeau Claire Nadeau (; born 1 June 1945) is a French actress. Theater Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nadeau, Claire French film actresses 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses Actresses from ...

as Marc's mother *

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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. It was the closing film at the Festival international du film indépendant de Bordeaux in

Bordeaux, France Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

. It was nominated for the

Golden Shell The Golden Shell (; ) is the highest prize given to a competing film at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was introduced in 1957. In 1953 and 1954, the highest prize had been called the Gran Premio. In 1955 and 1956 it was replace ...

for best film, the

Silver Shell for Best Director The Silver Shell for Best Director (; ) is one of the main awards presented at the San Sebastián Film Festival to the director of a competing film. Winners See also * Golden Shell for Best Film * Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance ...

and the special jury prize at the 2012

San Sebastián International Film Festival The San Sebastián International Film Festival ( SSIFF; , ) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spain, Spanish city of Donostia, Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Countr ...

and a

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prize at the 2012

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. 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 Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, and narrator of films, theater, television, and audiobooks. He worked on films, such as ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982), '' C ...

. The film was released in cinemas on 14 November 2012.

References

External links

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