
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.
Italian with English Subtitles
- Year2019
- Runtime129 minutes
- LanguageItalian
- CountryItaly
- DirectorPietro Marcello
- ScreenwriterJack London (novel), Maurizio Braucci (screenplay)
- CastLuca Marinelli, Jessica Cressy, Vincenzo Nemolato

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.
Italian with English Subtitles
- Year2019
- Runtime129 minutes
- LanguageItalian
- CountryItaly
- DirectorPietro Marcello
- ScreenwriterJack London (novel), Maurizio Braucci (screenplay)
- CastLuca Marinelli, Jessica Cressy, Vincenzo Nemolato