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Adapted from a 1909 novel by Jack London yet set in a provocatively unspecified moment in Italy’s history, Martin Eden is a passionate and enthralling narrative fresco in the tradition of the great Italian classics. Martin (played by the marvelously committed Luca Marinelli, The Old Guard) 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 (Jessica Cressy). The dissatisfactions of working-class toil and bourgeois success lead to political awakening and destructive anxiety in this enveloping, superbly mounted bildungsroman. Winner of the Best Actor prize at the Venice Film Festival and the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. Special Features: -Virtual Q&A with Luca Marinelli and Pietro Marcello (Courtesy of Film at Lincoln Center) -Interview with Pietro Marcello -Audio commentary by film scholar Giovanna De Luca, PhD -Theatrical trailer

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Product Description Pietro Marcello's hauntingly beautiful debut feature The Mouth of the Wolf interweaves two love stories: the 20-year romance between a Sicilian tough guy and a transsexual former junkie whom he met in prison, and a poetic reverie of the Italian port town of Genoa, depicted in all its mysterious, fading glory. In Lost and Beautiful, a humble shepherd, Tommaso, takes it upon himself to look after the abandoned Bourbon palace of Carditello, deep in the heart of the "Land of Fires." One day, Tommaso is seized by a heart attack and dies; but not before making a final wish. He summons a masked character named Pulcinella to rescue a buffalo calf called Sarchiopone from the forsaken palace. Together, man and beast, embark on a long journey through a lost and beautiful Italy, searching for something which may no longer exist. Review Critic's Pick. Impressionistic, extravagantly poetic. Mysteriously beautiful. A melancholy rumination on time, love and decay. The Mouth of the Wolf will haunt you. --Stephen Holden, The New York Times Critic's Pick! Mr. Marcello tells a simple, touching tale that seems to contain a whole cosmos of meaning. --A.O. Scott, The New York Times Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Two Films by Pietro Marcello: The Mouth of the Wolf and Lost and Beautiful [Blu-ray]