Winner of the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival and adapted from a 1909 novel by Jack London - yet set in a provocatively unspecified moment in Italy’s history - Martin Eden is a passionate and enthralling narrative fresco in the tradition of the great Italian classics.
Martin (played by Luca Marinelli, who won the award for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his performance) is a self-taught proletarian with artistic aspirations who hopes that his dreams of becoming a writer will help him rise above his station and marry a wealthy young university student (Jessica Cressy).
The film is in Italian with English subtitles.
Winner of the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival and adapted from a 1909 novel by Jack London - yet set in a provocatively unspecified moment in Italy’s history - Martin Eden is a passionate and enthralling narrative fresco in the tradition of the great Italian classics.
Martin (played by Luca Marinelli, who won the award for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his performance) is a self-taught proletarian with artistic aspirations who hopes that his dreams of becoming a writer will help him rise above his station and marry a wealthy young university student (Jessica Cressy).
The film is in Italian with English subtitles.
Winner of the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival and adapted from a 1909 novel by Jack London - yet set in a provocatively unspecified moment in Italy’s history - Martin Eden is a passionate and enthralling narrative fresco in the tradition of the great Italian classics.
Martin (played by Luca Marinelli, who won the award for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his performance) is a self-taught proletarian with artistic aspirations who hopes that his dreams of becoming a writer will help him rise above his station and marry a wealthy young university student (Jessica Cressy).
The film is in Italian with English subtitles.