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Capital

2012 · 114 min

A sleek, cold-blooded plunge into boardroom warfare that keeps you tense and quietly disgusted by how easily power corrupts.

Directed by
Costa-Gavras
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Gad Elmaleh, Natacha Régnier, Gabriel Byrne
Overview
The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Costa-Gavras
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Gad Elmaleh, Natacha Régnier, Gabriel Byrne
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • power
    • greed
    • corruption
    • ambition
    • betrayal
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension7
    Darkness7
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, thriller
    Directed by
    Costa-Gavras
    Written by
    Jean-Claude Grumberg, Karim Boukercha, Costa-Gavras
    Starring
    Gad Elmaleh, Natacha Régnier, Gabriel Byrne, Bernard Le Coq, Liya Kebede, Céline Sallette, Hippolyte Girardot, Paul Barrett
    Cinematography
    Éric Gautier
    Runtime
    114 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French, English

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