The film is set in a town in Brianza and in Milan. On Christmas Eve, a waiter cycling home from working at a prestigious private school gala is hit by a car. The driver flees, leaving the waiter lying in the street badly injured. The waiter is hospitalized and close to death. The next day, two well-known families' lives are connected by the incident.
Filming locations
Even though the story is set in a town in Brianza, most of the urban scenes were filmed in February 2013 in the cities of Varese. Principal photography began on 18 February 2013 and lasted eight weeks. [5] and Como, in the countryside of Osnago in the Province of Lecco and in Arese for the villa with the swimming pool.[6] The beautiful villa of the Bernaschi Family is located in Fortunago, a medieval village in the Province of Pavia.[7]
Human Capital holds an 81% rating and a weighted average of 6.8/10 on Rotten Tomatoes based on 68 reviews, with the consensus being, "Part character study, part socioeconomic fable, Human Capital offers trenchant commentary as well as absorbing drama."[9]Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 19 critics.[10]