Italia, near Lake Como. The Bernaschi has a fortune that echoes across the local community. Giovanni spends his life managing the capital, while his wife Carla hides her boredom as best she can. Thanks to his daughter – the girlfriend of the Bernaschi’s only son – Dino Ossola, a simple real estate agent, gets access to the great court, convinced he has finally found a way to get rich. But over the course of a few months, the global economic crisis and a car accident turn the lives of both families upside down.

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Murder, betrayal, sex, money, manipulation: Human Capital plays out too easily, doing its best not to bother its characters nor its audience.