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The erotic historical drama film Total Eclipse (1995), directed by Agnieszka Holland, is based on Christopher Hampton’s 1967 play. In a Paris café, Paul Verlaine meets Isabelle, the sister of Arthur Rimbaud. Isabelle and her mother ask Verlaine to give them any remaining copies of Rimbaud’s poems so they can burn them. Verlaine reflects on his relationship with Rimbaud, which began when the young poet sent his work to Verlaine from his home in the provinces in 1871. Impulsively, Verlaine invited him to his wealthy father-in-law’s home in Paris where he ...