Total Eclipse
Total Eclipse
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Total Eclipse (1995)

R (US) | UK, France, Belgium | English | 111 min
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
6.4

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 father's home in Paris. Rimbaud's 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.

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Release Date

France
(Cannes Film Festival)
1995-05-18
USA
(Telluride Film Festival)
1995-09-02
Canada
(Toronto International Film Festival)
1995-09-08
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Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Total Eclipse
(Original title)
El fuego y la sombra
Argentina
Total Eclipse
Australia
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Parent Guide

Sex & Nudity
Severe
Violence & Gore
Moderate
Profanity
Moderate
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Moderate
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Moderate