After Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty" won the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film last year, Italy is hoping to take home more Hollywood honors.

Director Paolo Virzi's "Human Capital" is the country's Oscar submission this year, and it has American roots: The "neo-noir thriller" is based on a US novel by Stephen Amidon — the 2004 book's Connecticut setting was swapped out for Northern Italy.

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