Bright, intelligent, passionate and free, Eleanor is Karl Marx’s youngest daughter. Among the first women to link the themes of feminism and socialism, she takes part in the workers’ battles and fights for women’s rights and the abolition of child labor. In 1883 she meets Edward Aveling and her life is crushed by their passionate but tragic love story.
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Vivo film with Rai Cinema e Tarantula in co-production with VOO e Be tv, with the support of Eurimages, MIBACT – Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Regione Lazio, Regione Piemonte, with the participation of Wallimage (La Wallonie), with the support of Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge – Casa Kafka Pictures Empowered by Belfius
Cast
Eleanor Marx: Romola Garai
Edward Aveling: Patrick Kennedy
Friedrich Engels: John Gordon Sinclair
Helene Demuth: Felicity Montagu
Olive Schreiner: Karina Fernandez
Laura Marx: Emma Cunniffe
Paul Lafargue: George Arrendell
Johnny Longuet: Célestin Ryelandt
Freddy: Oliver Chris
Young girl: Alexandra Lewis
Gerty: Georgina Sadler
Willhem Liebknecht: Miel Van Hasselt
Havelock Ellis: Freddy Drabble
Karl Marx: Philip Gröning
Crew
Produced by: Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa
Coproduced by: Joseph Rouschop e Valérie Bournonville
Cinematography: Crystel Fournier
Editor: Stefano Cravero
Production designer: Alessandro Vannucci with Igor Gabriel
Costume designer: Massimo Cantini Parrini
Music by: Gatto Ciliegia contro il Grande Freddo e Downtown Boys
Line producer: Gian Luca Chiaretti
Delegate producers: Serena Alfieri e Karim Cham
Production sound: Adriano Di Lorenzo
Sound editor: Marc Bastien
Sound mixer: Franco Piscopo
First assistant director: Ciro Scognamiglio
Script supervisor: Michela Bozzini
Make-up artist: Diego Prestopino
Hairdresser: Domingo Santoro
Casting: Gail Stevens e Rebecca Farhall
Technical data
Year: 2020
Running time: 107′
Country: Italia/Belgio
Language: Inglese
Festivals and awards
Belgrade International Film Festival 2021: Main Competition
David di Donatello 2021: Miglior Produttore, Migliore Compositore, Migliore Costumista
Jeonju International Film Festival 2021: World Cinema
Moscow International Film Festival 2021: 8 1/2 Films
Shanghai International Film Festival 2021: Highlights
Donostia – San Sebastián International Film Festival 2020: Perlak
Italian Film Festival Berlin 2020: Competition
La Biennale di Venezia 2020: Venezia 77 – Premio FEDIC, Premio Soundtrack Stars
Mostra Internacional de Cinema 2020: International Perspective
Reykjavík International Film Festival 2020: Open Seas
Viennale 2020: Features
International Sales
Celluloid Dreams
Italian Distribution
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