Capital
Filmfest 2013
(Le Capital)
France 2012
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: French)
German Premiere
Director: Costa-Gavras
Section: CineMasters
"This film involves us all. That is to say, it portrays a situation from which we have no escape. Each and every day, we wake up wondering: What can we do to please the markets? They have come to resemble a sickly but demanding patient that needs to be constantly humored and pampered in order to feel better. Today we are all hostages to this global affliction. Some people may appear to experience the condition without fear or anxiety because it is their job to feed off it. But even they cannot control it. As unpredictable as the pulse of a gravely ill person, the markets beat to the rhythms of vanity, futility, clanism, greed…"
Costa-Gavras
Cast: Gad Elmaleh, Gabriel Byrne, Natacha Regnier, Celine Sallette, Liya Kebede, Hyppolite Girardot, Daniel Mesguich, Bernard Le Coq
Credits
Screenplay: Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg, Karim Boukercha, Original von / by: Stephane Osmont
Director of Photography: Eric Gautier
Film Editor: Yannick Kergoat, Yorgos Lamprinos
Composer: Armand Amar
Production Designer: Sébastian Birchler
Costume Design: Eve-Marie Arnault
Sound: Thomas Desjonqueres
Producer: Michèle Ray-Gavras
Production Company: KG PRODUCTIONS
World Sales: Elle Driver
Director: Costa-Gavras
