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Plot: This biographical account of the tempestuous, taboo-shattering love affair between two 19th century French poets--Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis) and Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio)--didn't do much a...( read more read more... )t the box office when it was released in 1995. But after the success of Titanic, it became somewhat infamous when Playgirl magazine announced its intention to publish nude pictures of DiCaprio taken from the film. (Nobody much seemed to care that Thewlis, who also starred in Mike Leigh's Naked, also appears nude in Total Eclipse.) The truth is, the nudity in question only lasts for a few frames, but it's certainly in character for the young wild-man Rimbaud.

Directed by Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa, The Secret Garden), Total Eclipse begins in 1870 when the newly married Verlaine is 24 and Rimbaud is 17. The volatile combination of their reckless passions, idiosyncratic talents, and obnoxious egos is a recipe for disaster--and l'amour fou--culminating in a two-year prison term for Verlaine who was convicted of sodomy. DiCaprio's work in this film (as well as This Boy's Life, What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, and The Basketball Diaries) proves he is a serious actor who's interested in risky, challenging work--not just the matinee idol he became in the wake of Titanic. --Jim Emerson

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  • SexiVixxEN
    SexiVixxEN
    Want To See
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    June 10, 2008
    Interested
  • OmenSG
    OmenSG
    3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    September 27, 2008
    strange movie and when you think that is a true story .. and yeah , leo is indeed phenomenal.

    <3
  • alphabetsandnumerals
    alphabetsandnumerals
    4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    September 11, 2008
    wow. wow. and wow. dicaprio was amazing even at such a young age, not everyone will appreciate this movie, mainly bcuz not everyone can identify with the torment both poets feel inside, nothing at all like brokeback mountain except for the gay theme and people should really stop comparing the two, this film is so underrated its unbelievable
  • NoirChick
    NoirChick
    2.0 Stars
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    August 23, 2008
    Not the most pleasant film of all time...but Leonardo goes full frontal, which makes this a MUST-SEE lol

    (Okay, Leo's not exactly huge, but still he's pretty cute).
  • cleighs
    cleighs
    3.5 Stars
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    July 13, 2008
    Marvelous performances by a very young and not yet famous Leonardo DiCaprio and David Thewlis. Bitter-sweet drama.

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  • xxBeforeTheDawnxx
    xxBeforeTheDawnxx
    i haven't seen this movie yet, but i'm really looking forward to doing so. i absolutly LOVE Leonardo DiCaprio!! He is truly an amazing actor, one of my all time faves.
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