The read
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,941 1990s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes24%
Metacritic42/100
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
568 audience votes
Key crew
- Agnieszka HollandDirector
- Jan A. P. KaczmarekOriginal Music Composer
- Christopher HamptonScreenplay
Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprioArthur Rimbaud
- David ThewlisPaul Verlaine
- Romane BohringerMathilde Maute
- Dominique BlancIsabelle Rimbaud
- Nita KleinRimbaud's Mother
- Félicie PasottiIsabelle, as a child
- James ThierréeFrederic
- Emmanuelle OppoVitalie
- Christopher HamptonThe Judge
- Denise ChalemMrs. Maute De Fleurville
- Andrzej SewerynMr. Maute De Fleurville
- Christopher ThompsonCarjat
