2012 · drama · thriller
Capital
Directed by Costa-Gavras1h 54m2012
The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.
Our read: Capital (2012) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- bleak
- cold
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