Rated: not rated 
Runtime: 129 minutes 
Language: in Italian with English subtitles 
Directed by: Pietro Marcello 
Starring: Luca Marinelli, Jessica Cressy, Vincenzo Nemolato 
Set in an unspecified moment in Italy's history and adapted from a 1909 novel by American author Jack London, Martin Eden is a passionate and enthralling narrative in the tradition of the great Italian classics. Martin 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. The dissatisfactions of working-class toil and bourgeois success lead to political reawakening and destructive anxiety in this enveloping, superbly mounted Italian drama.