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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.
Nov 1, 2013 · This financial thriller set in the highest echelons of France's wealthy and powerful features men behaving badly but with only a few glimmers of panic. The film remains suspenseful and the hero—or rather, the anti-hero—remains remorseless.
Oct 24, 2013 · “Capital” is narrated by Marc Tourneuil (Gad Elmaleh), Phenix’s fish-eyed interim leader, who is given the reins after its chief executive has a heart attack on a golf course.
- Stephen Holden
- Costa-Gavras
When the CEO of France's Phenix Bank collapses on the golf course, a young bank executive, (Gad Elmaleh) becomes a temporary CEO. He'd like to be permanent, but he realizes right away that there is a very different agenda in play.
Oct 25, 2013 · Costa-Gavras' film excels as a meticulously researched procedural that goes deep into the grime of greed, deception and cynical exploitation. But it is also a wickedly clever character analysis of a man more divided against himself than his preternatural calm suggests.
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The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.