Total Eclipse (1995)
- Starring:
- Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, (more)
- Director(s):
- Agnieszka Holland
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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This historical drama, directed by Agnieszka Holland, focuses on the rocky relationship between the renowned 19th century French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine. Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a teenage wunderkind known for his rebelliousness against conventional society and his surrealistic writing. He disrupts the life of Verlaine (David Thewlis), a more conventional writer who is older and married to a dutiful young wife, Mathilde (Romane Bohringer). The drunken Verlaine is unkind to Mathilde, even though her father is providing him with a house and an income to live on while he pursues his writing. Rimbaud overwhelms Verlaine, mocking his conventionality, constantly disrupting his domestic life, and somehow attracting the maniacal love of the older man. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 112 mins
Complete Cast:
- Leonardo DiCaprio - Arthur Rimbaud
- Romane Bohringer - Mathilde Maute
- Denise Chalem - Mrs. Maute De Fleurville
- Nita Klein - Rimbaud's Mother
- James Thierree - Frederic
- Christopher Hampton - The Judge
- David Thewlis - Paul Verlaine
- Dominique Blanc - Isabelle Rimbaud
- Christopher Chaplin - Charles Cros
- Andrzej Seweryn - Mr. Maute De Fleurville
- Christopher Thompson - Carjat
- Director(s):
- Agnieszka Holland
- Writer(s):
- Christopher Hampton
- Producer(s):
- Jean-Pierre Ramsay-Levi, Pascale Faubert
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Violence, Not For Children, Nudity, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Adult Situations)
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