"A classic downbeat hero’s journey with a nicely played fast-forward final section"

Screen International
  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Pietro Marcello
  • Italy, France 2017
  • 127 minutes
  • Italian, French
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

The sailor Martin Eden is inspired to educate, elevate, and remake himself as a writer following a chance encounter and romantic infatuation with the sophisticated, higher-class Elena. As Martin develops and intensely pursues his new-found obsessions, both literary and social, he betrays those around him and rejects his humble origins.

Winner of the Best Actor Award in the Venice Festival and the Platform Prize at the Toronto Festival, Martin Eden is based on the Jack London novel of the same name. The epic film tells a passionate and timeless story of class consciousness and failed ideals.

Filmography: Lost and Beautiful (2015).


  • Director Pietro Marcello
  • Production Pietro Marcello, Beppe Caschetto, Thomas Ordonneau, Michael Weber, Viola Fügen
  • Script Maurizio Braucci, Pietro Marcello (Based on the novel by Jack London)
  • Cinematography Francesco Di Giacomo, Alessandro Abate
  • Editing Aline Hervé, Fabrizio Federico
  • Music Marco Messina, Sacha Ricci, Paolo Marzocchi
  • Festivals Venice (Best Actor Award), Toronto (Platform Prize)
  • Actors Luca Marinelli, Jessica Cressy, Vincenzo Nemolato, Marco Leonardi
  • Source Lev Cinemas Ltd.