Martin Eden (2019)

Directed by

Pietro Marcello

Genre

drama film, adventure film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

2h 07m

Rated

M

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 692 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An illiterate sailor in post-war Naples works to become a writer. He falls in love with a woman from a higher social class and struggles with the gap between his dreams and reality.

passionateaspiringmelancholicvisually lushintrospectiveearnestslow-burnromantic

What happens

Martin Eden is a 2019 Italian-French historical romance drama film directed by Pietro Marcello. The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Jack London, in a Naples-set background, and follows an illiterate sailor's journey to establish himself as a writer in post-war Italy. The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 76th Venice International Film Festival, where Luca Marinelli won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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