Martin Eden
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"THE BEST FILM OF THE YEAR"
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times WINNER – VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Best Actor WINNER – TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Platform Prize (Best Film) OFFICIAL SELECTION – BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTION – NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL |
10.45am Sunday 15th August 2021
Bold and dazzling, acclaimed writer/director Pietro Marcello’s multi award-winning drama MARTIN EDEN provocatively transposes Jack London’s 1909 novel about a self-taught and outspoken writer out of the American West and into a pivotal moment in Italy’s pre-war history.
Thirty-something sailor Martin Eden (remarkable newcomer Luca Marinelli) is inspired to remake himself as a novelist, following a chance encounter with the sophisticated, wealthy Elena (the luminous Jessica Cressy). She immediately becomes not only the object of his passionate affections, but also the symbol of the status Martin aspires to achieve. Pursuing his newfound social and literary obsessions, Martin abandons his friends and working-class roots without hesitation, but eventually undergoes a political awakening that triggers yet another change. A passionate and enthralling cinematic achievement in the tradition of Rossellini and Visconti, Pietro Marcello’s enveloping and superbly-mounted fable interweaves historical footage with an extraordinary production design of his own. The film’s ideas are universal and timeless: the hypocrisy of class, the disillusionment of ideologies, the limits of romanticism and realism, and the question of what it means, ultimately, to be an individual. Director: Pietro Marcello
Writers: Jack London(novel) Maurizio Braucci(screenplay) Pietro Marcello(screenplay) Cast: Luca Marinelli, Carlo Cecchi, Jessica Cressy, Vicenzo Nemolato, Marco Leonardi, Denise Sardisco, Carmen Pommella Duration: 129mins Country of Origin: Italy Genre: Drama |
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