
Mary Shelley(2017)
The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”


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

Leonardo DiCaprio
Arthur Rimbaud

David Thewlis
Paul Verlaine

Romane Bohringer
Mathilde Maute

Dominique Blanc
Isabelle Rimbaud
Nita Klein
Rimbaud's Mother
Félicie Pasotti
Isabelle, as a child

James Thierrée
Frederic
Emmanuelle Oppo
Vitalie

Christopher Hampton
The Judge

Denise Chalem
Mrs. Maute De Fleurville
Total Eclipse is a drama, romance film released in 1995 exploring themes of paris, france, mentor, poet, biography, based on play or musical, lgbt. Directed by Agnieszka Holland, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer. 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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