His friend, writer Maurizio Braucci foretold it, “One day, we’ll adapt Martin Eden.” Pietro Marcello freely takes hold of Jack London’s cult autobiographical book published in 1909. The story of a young sailor who dreams of becoming a successful writer is transposed in Naples, where he discovers the hypocrisy and petty-mindedness of the middle class. This beautiful fiction features archival footage that cleverly adds to the movie.