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
as Arthur Rimbaud

David Thewlis
as Paul Verlaine

Romane Bohringer
as Mathilde Maute

Dominique Blanc
as Isabelle Rimbaud

Nita Klein
as Rimbaud's Mother

Félicie Pasotti
as Isabelle, as a child

James Thierrée
as Frederic

Emmanuelle Oppo
as Vitalie

Christopher Hampton
as The Judge

Denise Chalem
as Mrs. Maute De Fleurville