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6.4Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
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
Themes
- paris, france
- mentor
- poet
- biography
- based on play or musical
- lgbt
- woman director
- 19th century
- gay theme
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Agnieszka Holland
- Written by
- Christopher Hampton
- Produced by
- Jean-Pierre Ramsay-Levi, Philip Hinchcliffe , Victor Glynn Co-Prod
- Starring
- Leonardo DiCaprio David Thewlis Romane Bohringer Dominique Blanc
- Cinematography
- Yorgos Arvanitis
- Edited by
- Isabelle Lorente
- Music by
- Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
- Distributed by
- Feature Film Company (United Kingdom) Fine Line Features (United States)
- Release date
- 3 November 1995 ( 1995-11-03 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 111 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Italy, United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- €6,780,000
- Box office
- $340,139 (US)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 978426
- Image
- Antwerpen, Gildehäuser.jpg
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- publication date
- 1996-06-13
- title
- Total Eclipse
- review score
- 24%
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Article
Total Eclipse is a 1995 historical drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland, based on a 1967 play by Christopher Hampton, who also adapted it for the screen. Based on letters and poems, it presents a historically accurate account of the relationship between 19th-century French poets Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis). Warner Bros. has included the film in the catalogue of Warner Archive Collection.
Hampton's play had premiered in September 1968 at the Royal Court Theatre in London with Victor Henry as Rimbaud, John Grillo as Verlaine, Michele Dotrice as Mathilde Verlaine, Nigel Hawthorne as Mauté de Fleurville and Kathleen Byron as Mme Mauté de Fleurville; a televised version of the play was broadcast on BBC2 on 10 April 1973, with Ian Hogg as Verlaine and Joseph Blatchley as Rimbaud.