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.
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Jack London (novel), Maurizio Braucci (screenplay) | 1 more credit »
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Based on the Jack London novel of the same name, Pietro Marcello’s latest film follows a sailor, MARTIN EDEN (Luca Marinelli) trying to remake himself as a writer, in this passionate and timeless story of class consciousness and failed ideals. The story is reset to a port town in Italy. Eden has two things going against him in life. The first is his falling in love with Elena (Jessia Cressy) who s wealthy and upper-class and way over his social standing.
This second is his desire to succeed and make his…
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