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Total Eclipse

Total Eclipse

Touched by Genius. Cursed by Madness. Blinded by Love.

1995•1h 51m•6.4/10
DramaRomance

Ratings

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6.4/10(548)

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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Production

FIT Production, Portman Productions, SFP

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

Arthur Rimbaud

David Thewlis

David Thewlis

Paul Verlaine

Romane Bohringer

Romane Bohringer

Mathilde Maute

Dominique Blanc

Dominique Blanc

Isabelle Rimbaud

Nita Klein

Rimbaud's Mother

Félicie Pasotti

Isabelle, as a child

James Thierrée

James Thierrée

Frederic

Emmanuelle Oppo

Vitalie

Christopher Hampton

Christopher Hampton

The Judge

Denise Chalem

Denise Chalem

Mrs. Maute De Fleurville

Andrzej Seweryn

Andrzej Seweryn

Mr. Maute De Fleurville

Christopher Thompson

Christopher Thompson

Carjat

Bruce Van Barthold

Aicard

Christopher Chaplin

Christopher Chaplin

Charles Cros

Mathias Jung

Mathias Jung

André

Kettly Noël

Kettly Noël

Somalian Woman

Cheb Han

Djami

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