Filmmaker Pietro Marcello transposes Jack London's 1909 American novel about a rugged, radical individual — seaman-turned-novelist Martin Eden — to a Neapolitan port city in the late 20th century. As Eden, the working-class sailor with big ambitions, Luca Marinelli gives a smolderingly intense performance; Jessica Cressy plays Elena, the bourgeois dream woman who motivates both Eden's carnal desire and his quest for literary greatness and social status. Winner, Best Actor (Marinelli), 2019 Venice Film Festival; Winner, Platform Prize, 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Official Selection, 2019 AFI European Union Film Showcase. Courtesy of Kino Lorber.

MARTIN EDEN

A working-class sailor strives to rise above his circumstances and join the literary elite in Pietro Marcello's adaptation of Jack London's 1909 novel.

Wed, April 14, 7:00 p.m. ET Tickets: $12; $2 from each ticket purchased goes to MWC’s <a href="http://www.dclabor.org/community-services.html" target="_blank">Community Services Agency</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Event support provided by <a href="https://www.ailife.com/" target="_blank">American Income Life</a> Followed by post-screening Livestream Q&amp;A with filmmaker and novelist John Sayles.&nbsp;Adapted from a 1909 novel by Jack London yet set in a provocatively unspecified moment in Italy’s history, Martin Eden is a passionate and enthralling narrative fresco in the tradition of the great Italian classics. Martin (played by the marvelously committed 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 anxiety in this enveloping, superbly mounted bildungsroman. Winner of the Best Actor prize at the Venice Film Festival and the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. Presented by AFI Silver Theatre and the DC Labor FilmFestSponsored by&nbsp;NewsGuild; Busboys &amp; Poets with the financial support of <a href="https://www.ailife.com/" target="_blank">American Income Life</a>, National Nurses United and IFPTE&nbsp;Look for the 2021 DC Labor FilmFest, online in May!

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