''Miss Marx'' is a 2020

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period drama film written and directed by

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. An English-language co-production between Italy and Belgium, the film stars

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Eleanor Marx Jenny Julia Eleanor Marx (16 January 1855 – 31 March 1898), sometimes called Eleanor Aveling and known to her family as Tussy, was the English-born youngest daughter of Karl Marx. She was herself a Socialism, socialist activist who sometimes ...

and Patrick Kennedy as Edward Aveling. ''Miss Marx'' had its world premiere in the main international competition section at the 77th Venice International Film Festival on 5 September 2020. At the festival, ''Miss Marx'' received several accolades, including the FEDIC Award for Best Film, the Soundtrack Stars Award for Best Soundtrack, and the La Pellicola d'Oro Award for Best Dressmaker.

Plot

, the youngest daughter of

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, emerges as a prominent figure in the ⁣⁣socialistic⁣⁣ movement in the

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. A committed activist, she dedicates her life to workers’ rights, women’s emancipation, and the abolition of child labor. In 1883, she meets Edward Aveling, a playwright whose charm masks selfishness and financial irresponsibility. As Edward squanders the inheritance left to Eleanor by

Friedrich Engels Friedrich Engels ( ;"Engels"
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’s ''

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'', portraying the characters Nora and Helmer. The dialogue eerily mirrors Eleanor’s own reality—one shaped and confined by the men closest to her. By 1898, physically and emotionally exhausted and struggling with opium dependence, Eleanor takes her own life.

Cast

Production

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began on 18 November 2019 at the Royal Charterhouse in

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Release

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Reception

Box office

''Miss Marx'' grossed a worldwide total of $625,370.

Critical reception

On the

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, ''Miss Marx'' holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average of .

Awards and nominations

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