Total Eclipse (1995)
In 1871, Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), an established poet, invites boy genius Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) to live with Paul and his young pregnant wife, Mathiltde, in her fathers home in Paris. Rimbauds uncouth behavior disrupts the household as well as the insular society of French poets, but Verlaine finds the youth invigorating. Stewed in absinthe and resentment, Verlaine abuses Mathiltde; he and Rimbaud become lovers and abandon her. There are reconciliations and partings with Mathiltde and partings and reconciliations with Rimbaud, until an 1873 incident with a pistol sends one of them to prison. Codas dramatize the poets final meeting and last illnesses.
Cast
| Actor | Character |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | Arthur Rimbaud |
| David Thewlis | Paul Verlaine |
| Romane Bohringer | Mathilde Maute |
| Dominique Blanc | Isabelle Rimbaud |
| Felicie Pasotti Cabarbaye | Isabelle, as a child |
| Nita Klein | Rimbaud's Mother |
| James Thiérrée | Frederic |
| Emmanuelle Oppo | Vitalie |
| Denise Chalem | Mrs. Maute De Fleurville |
| Andrzej Seweryn | Mr. Maute De Fleurville |
| Christopher Thompson | Carjat |
| Bruce Van Barthold | Aicard |
| Christopher Chaplin | Charles Cros |
| Christopher Hampton | The Judge |
| Mathias Jung | Andre |
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