Synopsis
Based on the eponymous novel by Jack London, this visually impressive drama tells of the class struggle at the beginning of the 20th century and art as a means of emancipation. After seaman Martin Eden rescues Arturo, a young lad from a well-off family, from a fight, he is invited to Arturo’s family home in gratitude. Here, he meets Arturo’s sister Elena and falls for her head over heels. Determined to overcome the obstalces presented by his own humble origins, he resolves to become a writer. But under the influence of the leftist intellectual Russ, he gets into socialist circles - which puts him on a collision course with Elena and her bourgeois world.
Bio
PIETRO MARCELLO (*1976 in Caserta, Italy) first studied art before turning to film. His film Lost and Beautiful was shown in 2015 at the Locarno festival.
Info
Original Title: Martin Eden
International Title: Martin Eden
Category: Feature
Section: Freihafen
Version & Subtitles: French, Italian OV with English subtitles
Director: Pietro Marcello
Screenplay: Maurizio Braucci, Pietro Marcello
Cast/Protagonists: Luca Marinelli, Jessica Cressy, Denise Sardisco, Vincenzo Nemolato, Carmen Pommella, Elisabeth Valgoi, Marco Leonardi
Production country: France, Germany, Italy
Year of Production: 2019
Length: 129 min
Producer: Viola Fügen, Pietro Marcello, Beppe Caschetto, Thomas Ordonneau, Michael Weber
Production company: Avventurosa, IBC Movie, Rai Cinema, Shellac Sud, Match Factory Productions
Cinematography: Alessandro Abate, Francesco Di Giacomo
Editor: Aline Hervé, Fabrizio Federico
Music: Marco Messina, Sacha Ricci, Paolo Marzocchi
Production Design: Luca Servino
Commissioning Editor: Carlos Gerstenhauer, Cornelia Ackers, Monika Lobkowicz, Andreas Schreitmüller
World Sales: Valentina Bronzini, The Match Factory
