2020
TV-PG
Kino Lorber
2 h 9 m

2020
TV-PG
Kino Lorber
2 h 9 m

Summary Martin (Luca Marinelli) is a self-taught proletarian with artistic aspirations who hopes that his dreams of becoming a writer will help him rise above his station and marry a wealthy young university student (Jessica Cressy). The dissatisfactions of working-class toil and bourgeois success lead to political awakening and destructive anxi...

Directed By: Pietro Marcello

Written By: Jack London, Maurizio Braucci, Pietro Marcello

2020
TV-PG
Kino Lorber
2 h 9 m

2020
TV-PG
Kino Lorber
2 h 9 m

Martin Eden

Name: Martin Eden
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2020-10-16
Duration: 2 min 9 s
Rating: 75
Cast: Luca Marinelli, Jessica Cressy, Vincenzo Nemolato, Marco Leonardi, Denise Sardisco

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings

7.4

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Directed By: Pietro Marcello

Written By: Jack London, Maurizio Braucci, Pietro Marcello

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Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews

68% Positive
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27% Mixed
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5% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews

68% Positive
15 Reviews

27% Mixed
6 Reviews

5% Negative
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New York Magazine (Vulture)

Oct 20, 2020

The film is a masterpiece, so you should see it any way you can.

By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW

The Film Stage

Aug 23, 2021

Martin Eden marks a breathtakingly ambitious sophomore effort from Pietro Marcello, balancing elegant melodramatic storytelling with a fascinatingly oblique character study, gracefully mixing non-fiction and fiction narrative styles in the process.

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Original-Cin

Nov 16, 2020

There is much to admire and contemplate in Martin Eden, including Marinelli’s performance, the marvelous range of faces that appear onscreen, the disorienting time shifts and melancholic seascapes that form many backdrops. While the tension between Martin’s right-wing superman fantasies and working-class status is a rich field, it’s not obvious that there’s a coherent intellectual framework behind the collage of beautiful moments.

By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW

Time Out

Jul 7, 2021

It’s a daring spin on history and the power, or otherwise, of the individual: a puzzle that is well worth trying to solve.

By Dave Calhoun FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

Sep 12, 2019

Pietro Marcello’s film works better as a story of self-loathing and self-destruction than it does as a social critique or political statement.

By Greg Cwik FULL REVIEW

Variety

Sep 6, 2019

The outcome is an unwieldy intellectual sprawl whose incontestable visual pleasures (much like Marcello’s “Lost and Beautiful”) distract from the shallow characterizations. ... The overarching impression is of a film too much in thrall to theory.

By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW

RogerEbert.com

Oct 16, 2020

It’s a slog at over two hours, much of it spent with Marinelli screaming or acting coarse.

By Odie Henderson FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings

7.4

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings

7.4

75% Positive
6 Ratings

25% Mixed
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Production Company Avventurosa, IBC Movie, Rai Cinema, Shellac Sud, Match Factory Productions, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), ARTE, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC), Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Regione Campania, Film Commission Regione Campania, Regione Lazio, L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM)

Release Date Oct 16, 2020

Duration 2 h 9 m

Rating TV-PG

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Tagline Based on the novel by Jack London.

Website http://www.01distribution.it/areapress/film/martin-eden

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Awards

David di Donatello Awards

• 1 Win & 12 Nominations

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

• 8 Nominations

CinEuphoria Awards

• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations

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Luca Marinelli

Martin Eden

Jessica Cressy

Elena Orsini

Vincenzo Nemolato

Nino

Marco Leonardi

Bernardo Fiore

Denise Sardisco

Margherita

Carmen Pommella

Maria

Autilia Ranieri

Giulia Eden

Elisabetta Valgoi

Matilde Orsini

Pietro Ragusa

Signor Orsini

Savino Paparella

Edmondo Peluso

Vincenza Modica

Droghiera

Giustiniano Alpi

Arturo Orsini

Giuseppe Iuliano

Rigattiere

Peppe Maggio

Garzone

Maurizio Donadoni

Renato

Gaetano Bruno

Giudice Mattei

Franco Pinelli

Vecchio intelletuale

Anna Patierno

Carmela

Lana Vlady

Rebecca

Aniello Arena

Arlecchino

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