MARTIN EDEN *** (Italian melodrama) Adapted from a 1909 Jack London novel, this Italian melodrama is set in Italy and bares no resemblance to the only book I ever read by the American author, "e;The Call of the Wild."e; Luca Marinelli stars as the title
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(Italian melodrama)
Adapted from a 1909 Jack London novel, this Italian melodrama is set in Italy and bares no resemblance to the only book I ever read by the American author, “The Call of the Wild.”
Luca Marinelli stars as the title character, an uneducated, rough-around-the-edges, working-class man who wants to be a writer but lacks all the necessary skills.
He saves a young man from getting beat up and is brought home to receive thanks from the man’s family, where he meets his beautiful sister Elena.
It is love at first sight, but there is a major culture clash. Elena does her best to educate him and introduce him to her way of living.
Meanwhile, he is influenced by an intellectual socialist poet, causing conflict with Elena’s bourgeois family and friends.
The movie gets very intellectual and political, causing conflict in both Martin’s personal and political life.
He struggles for years before becoming one of Italy’s most famous socialist writers, all leading to a tragic conclusion.
Interesting, but a bit overwhelming.
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