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A Season in Hell

1971 · 130 min

A slow, somber plunge into a poet's turbulent life, heavy with doomed romance and artistic obsession.

Overview: The tumultuous life of Arthur Rimbaud, the cursed poet, who completed his masterwork at the age of twenty, became an arms dealer and died at thirty-seven; and his passionate relationship with Paul Verlaine, full of wanderings, storms and falling out.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, romantic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Art, love, obsession, identity
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
love
obsession
identity
death
Places: big city
countryside
wilderness
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild