Martin Eden (2019)

Martin Eden struggles to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of self-education, hoping to achieve a place among the literary elite.

Director:

Pietro Marcello

Writers:

Jack London (novel), Maurizio Braucci (screenplay)

Stars:

Luca Marinelli, Jessica Cressy, Vincenzo Nemolato

4 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luca Marinelli	...	Martin Eden
Jessica Cressy	...	Elena Orsini
Vincenzo Nemolato	...	Nino
Marco Leonardi	...	Bernardo Fiore
Denise Sardisco	...	Margherita
Carmen Pommella	...	Maria Silvia
Carlo Cecchi	...	Russ Brissenden
Autilia Ranieri	...	Giulia Eden
Elisabetta Valgoi	...	Matilde Orsini
Pietro Ragusa	...	Signor Orsini
Savino Paparella	...	Edmondo Peluso
Vincenza Modica	...	Annina
Giustiniano Alpi	...	Arturo Orsini
Giuseppe Iuliano	...	Rigattiere
Peppe Maggio	...	Garzone

Storyline

After saving Arturo, a young scion of the industrial middle class, from a beating, the sailor Martin Eden is invited to the boy's family home. Here he meets Elena, Arturo's beautiful sister, and falls in love with her at first sight. The cultured and refined young woman becomes not only the object of Martin's affections but also a symbol of the social status he aspires to achieve. At the cost of enormous efforts and overcoming the obstacles represented by his humble origin, Martin pursues the dream of becoming a writer. Under the influence of the elderly intellectual Russ Brissenden, he gets involved in socialist circles, bringing him into conflict with Elena and her bourgeois world.

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Plot Keywords:

archival footage | anachronism | class struggle | sea | suicide | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France]

Country:

Italy France Germany

Language:

Italian Neapolitan French

Release Date:

4 September 2019 (Italy)

Filming Locations:

Naples, Campania, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

EUR3,800,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,510,696

Company Credits

Production Co:

Avventurosa, IBC Movie, Rai Cinema

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min

Color:

Color Black and White (archive footage)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shot on Super 16mm.

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Connections

Version of Les cent livres des hommes: Martin Eden (1972)

User Reviews

Original and well executed

I left the cinema with a strong emotional bond with the protagonist. The story seems to surface from a documentary, with several reference to post-ww2 Italy: music, people, strip of homemade tapes. But the pace, the rhythm, the editing, is not a documentary one, it sometime remembers a music-clip. The more you sip form the environment, the more its flavour changes, because the situation changes, and so does the main actor. It is really easy to bend to its arch, and little by little you find yourself absorbed into his prospective, his vision, his twists.