Eleanor Marx est la fille cadette de Karl Marx. Comme son père, elle se bat pour des conquêtes sociales cruciales, telles que les droits des travailleurs, ceux des femmes mais également l'abolition du travail des enfants. En 1883, elle rencontre Edward Aveling, son futur mari, et part aux Etats-Unis pour continuer son combat. Aveling est un dramaturge talentueux, mais également un homme très égoïste, ce qui affecte énormément Eleanor au quotidien. Il entreprend de dilapider l'héritage laissé à la jeune femme par son défunt et célèbre père. Cet amour est néfaste pour Eleanor et la ronge complètement. Son dévouement pour lui l'anéantira...
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00:00 - Oh!
00:01 - Miss Marx!
00:02 - I have heard a lot about you.
00:04 There are legends for Marx's daughters.
00:06 - Eleanor was always the bravest.
00:08 - If what they all say is true,
00:12 my father is burning in hell right now.
00:16 - The future's on our side.
00:18 - Yes, of course.
00:19 - There are still so many battles to be fought.
00:23 - I'm leaving for America.
00:27 Will you come with me?
00:28 - The working class question is the same in America.
00:31 The same hideous story.
00:33 The masters have benefited, but not the men.
00:35 - Your pamphlet, marvelous.
00:37 - I've decided to live with Edward as his wife.
00:40 Marriage is such an obsolete institution.
00:43 But it will be a true marriage for me.
00:46 Just as the workers are the creatures of an organized tyranny of idlers,
00:51 women are the creatures of an organized tyranny of men.
00:56 - I loved your adaptation.
00:58 - It ended like Madame Bovary, with Nora's suicide.
01:01 - I don't think that's funny.
01:03 - You have to stop hurting me.
01:05 - He sees other women.
01:07 - Women will no longer be man's slaves!
01:10 - I have spent my whole life caring for other people.
01:13 Now it's my turn to live, do you see?
01:16 - My father wanted everything for me but my own freedom.
01:20 - The idea of happiness.
01:21 - To fight.
01:23 - The idea of happiness.
01:24 - To fight.
01:25 - The idea of happiness.
01:26 - To fight.
01:28 - The idea of happiness.
01:29 - To fight.
01:31 - The idea of happiness.
01:32 - To fight.
01:33 [Musique]