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1985 | Color | 43 min

An exploration of the fascination with deviance that surrounds the French child-poet, Rimbaud, and a free interpretation of his passionate relationship with Verlaine.


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Haynes; Todd
Script: Haynes; Todd
Production: Schneider; Cynthia
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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