Total Eclipse overview

Total Eclipse

Synopsis:

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.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Agnieszka Holland
  • Studio: Fine Line Features, New Line Cinema
  • Year: 1995
  • Run Time: 110 minutes
  • Country: Belgium, France, UK
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: R (for strong sexuality and nudity, language, and some startling violence)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 1997 03 05 (France)

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