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After saving Arturo, a young heir of the industrial middle class, from a beating, the sailor Martin Eden is invited to his family home. There he meets Elena, Arturo’s beautiful sister, and falls in love 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.With effort and overcoming the obstacles posed by his humble origin, Martin pursues the dream of becoming a writer and, influenced by elderly intellectual Russ Brissenden, becomes a part of socialist circles, coming into conflict with Elena’s bourgeois world.
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Cast:
Luca Marinelli, Carlo Cecchi, Jessica Cressy -
Original Title:
Martin Eden -
Country:
Italy, France -
Year:
2019 - 129 min Subtitles PT
Director
Pietro Marcello
Pietro Marcello is an Italian writer and director born in 1976. In 2007, he directed the documentary Crossing the Line, screened at the 64th Venice International Film Festival. In 2009, his first fictional feature, The Mouth of the Wolf, won both Best Film and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 27th Turin Film Festival, the Caligari Preis at the Berlinale and the Signis Prize at BAFICI, among many others. In 2011, his documentary The Silence of Pelešjan was presented as a special event at the 68th Venice International Film Festival and, in 2015, Lost and Beautiful won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention at the Locarno Film Festival. At this year’s Venice Film Festival, Martin Eden’s protagonist Luca Marinelli was awarded with the Volpi Cup for Best Actor.
