Miss Marx

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Miss Marx
Miss Marx poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli
Written bySusanna Nicchiarelli
Produced byMarta Donzelli
Gregorio Paonessa
Starring
Cinematography Crystel Fournier
Edited byStefano Cravero
Music byGatto Ciliegia contro il Grande Freddo
Downtown Boys
Production
companies
Distributed by 01 Distribution (Italy)
Release dates
  • 5 September 2020 (2020-09-05)(Venice)
  • 17 September 2020 (2020-09-17)(Italy)
Running time
107 minutes
CountriesItaly
Belgium
LanguageEnglish
Box office$625,370 [1] [2]

Miss Marx is a 2020 biographical period drama film about Eleanor Marx, written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli. A co-production between Italy and Belgium, this English-language film stars Romola Garai as Marx and Patrick Kennedy as her lover Edward Aveling.

Contents

It had its world premiere in the main international competition section at the 77th Venice Film Festival on 5 September 2020.

Plot

The educated and brilliant Eleanor Marx, the youngest daughter of Karl Marx, is at the forefront of promoting socialism in the United Kingdom, participating in workers' struggles, fighting for women's rights and the abolition of child labor. In 1883, she met Edward Aveling, a talented playwright but a selfish and wasteful man. While he is intent on getting into debt and consuming the legacy left to Eleanor by Friedrich Engels, Edward does not realize that he is also consuming the entire existence of his devoted companion, who, although aware that she is experiencing the same "moral oppression" imposed by the patriarchy and condemned by her, she is unable to redeem her own happiness, and ultimately not even her own life. In the scene where Eleanor and Edward play the famous dialogue between Nora and Helmer during the staging of Ibsen's A Doll's House , the two characters seem to trace through the words of another the unjust fate destined for Eleanor as well as for many others: the fate of a woman conditioned and limited throughout her life by the male figures most dear to her. In 1898 Eleanor loses all energy and, addicted to opium, kills herself.

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on 18 November 2019 at the Royal Charterhouse  [ it ] in Collegno, Turin. [3]

Release

The film had its world premiere in the main international competition section at the 77th Venice Film Festival on 5 September 2020. [4] [5] It was released in Italy by 01 Distribution [6] on 17 September 2020. [1] [2]

Reception

Box office

Miss Marx grossed a worldwide total of $625,370. [1] [2]

Critical reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 46% based on 13 reviews, with an average of 5.5/10. [7]

Awards and nominations

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Miss Marx (2020) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Tassone, Diana (12 November 2019). "Collegno, la Certosa si trasforma in un set cinematografico per ospitare Miss Marx" [Collegno, the Charterhouse is turned into a movie set to host Miss Marx]. Torino Oggi (in Italian). Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Miss Marx - Cinema (2020) - La Biennale di Venezia". labiennale.org . 5 September 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (28 July 2020). "Venice Film Festival 2020: Competition Light On Studios, Strong On Global Arthouse & Women Directors – Full List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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