Movie
Total Eclipse
Overview
Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
Details
- Release date
- 1995-11-03
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- FIT Production, Portman Productions, SFP
- Country
- France, Belgium, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Arthur Rimbaud
- David Thewlis as Paul Verlaine
- Romane Bohringer as Mathilde Maute
- Dominique Blanc as Isabelle Rimbaud
- Nita Klein as Rimbaud's Mother
- Félicie Pasotti as Isabelle, as a child
- James Thierrée as Frederic
- Emmanuelle Oppo as Vitalie
- Christopher Hampton as The Judge
- Denise Chalem as Mrs. Maute De Fleurville
- Andrzej Seweryn as Mr. Maute De Fleurville
- Christopher Thompson as Carjat
Crew
- Agnieszka Holland - Director
- Christopher Hampton - Screenplay
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