128 mins |
Rated
M (Violence, offensive language)
Jack London’s sweeping semi-autobiographical novel gets an unexpectedly poetic Neapolitan translation in this ambitious new feature from Italian director Pietro Marcello. Long known for making cryptic beautiful miniature length films (Lost and Beautiful, NZIFF16) that combine dramatic and documentary elements with archive footage, Marcello here attaches his exquisite eye, attention to lived-in detail and mountains of archive footage to a compelling narrative of artistic aspiration, class struggle and desperate romance.
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Jack London’s sweeping semi-autobiographical novel gets an unexpectedly poetic Neapolitan translation in this ambitious new feature from Italian director Pietro Marcello. Long known for making cryptic beautiful miniature length films (Lost and Beautiful, NZIFF16) that combine dramatic and documentary elements with archive footage, Marcello here attaches his exquisite eye, attention to lived-in detail and mountains of archive footage to a compelling narrative of artistic aspiration, class struggle and desperate romance.