在这部马丁·伊登剧情片中,改编自杰克·伦敦(Jack London)的同名小说：水手马丁爱上上流社会的小姐伊琳娜，在爱情的鼓励下努力写作，最后成为知名作家，登上上流社会的顶峰之后忽然发现一切都是空虚。
After saving Arturo, a young scion of the industrial middle class, from a beating, the sailor Martin Eden is invited to the boy's family home. Here he meets Elena, Arturo's beautiful sister, and falls in love with her at first sight. The cultured and refined young woman becomes not only the object of Martin's affections but also a symbol of the social status he aspires to achieve. At the cost of enormous efforts and overcoming the obstacles represented by his humble origin, Martin pursues the dream of becoming a writer. Under the influence of the elderly intellectual Russ Brissenden, he gets involved in socialist circles, bringing him into conflict with Elena and her bourgeois world.
青春残酷物语。节选。被现实打败的爱情和被社会丑态恶心死的愤青。他如何胜过《小丑》拿到了威尼斯影帝。文青长残了就不能原谅。
