2019 · romance · drama · political
Martin Eden
Directed by Pietro Marcello2h 9m2019
The tale of an individualist proletarian in a time marked by the rise of mass political movements. In early 20th-century Italy, illiterate sailor Martin Eden seeks fame as a writer while torn between the love of a bourgeois girl and allegiance to his social class.
Our read: Martin Eden (2019) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive romance · drama · political entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured romance / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- inventive
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