I loved this film. Luca Marinelli is brilliant in it, and the film itself is just beautifully done. Martin Eden is the story of a poor worker who gets an education in order to gain access to bourgeois society, but his education teaches him that bourgeois society is a bunch of murderers. Martin responds to this with despair. Still, the film isn't a downer. It's so lush and carefully crafted, and the performances are so excellent and honest that watching this movie feels celebratory just as an activity.
