1873 - The precocious French poet, Arthur Rimbaud, has eloped with his mentor, Paul Verlaine, to Camden Town, London
1873 - The precocious, French poet, Arthur Rimbaud, has eloped with his mentor - the older, married Paul Verlaine - to Camden Town, where they are struggling to keep the faith in their love and their work. Despite the downward spiral of poverty and violence, it is here that Rimbaud will pen his aptly named masterpiece, 'A Season in Hell.'
This is a love story, but it's a perverse kind of love. Rimbaud's relationship with Verlaine leads to him writing and publishing his aclaimed work.
This film explores what good can come from our most difficult, earth-shattering experiences. It is a film about searching for transcendent beauty in the prison of hellish reality.