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Total Eclipse is a 1995 erotic historical drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland, [3] based on a 1967 play by Christopher Hampton, who also wrote the screenplay. 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 ...
Total Eclipse: Directed by Agnieszka Holland. With Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer, Dominique Blanc. 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.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Agnieszka Holland
- 1995-11-03
If that had been the case with Total Eclipse – that is, if Total Eclipse were filled with poetry like Copying Beethoven is filled with music -, Holland’s project would at least have given a sense of what that “thing” was which made both poets immortal. But it does not. So what is poetry according to Total Eclipse?
Total Eclipse is a 1995 erotic historical drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland, based on a 1967 play by Christopher Hampton, who also wrote the screenplay. 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 ...
Sep 10, 2012 · Drinking their way through the city's literary salons, the pair strike out on a passionate, illicit affair. But it's a woefully imbalanced relationship, with Rimbaud compulsively abusing his elder...
Sep 4, 2020 · Total Eclipse depicts Rimbaud’s life as a young poet and follows him as he meets Verlaine, and their lives afterward. Based on a series of letters and poems sent between the two over the years they knew each other, the plot weaves through their personal, professional, and familial relationships.
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Total Eclipse (1995) 1995 France, United Kingdom, Belgium. Directed by. Agnieszka Holland. Produced by. Jean-Pierre Ramsay Levi. Featuring. Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer.
