A Season in Hell

Una stagione all'inferno (A Season in Hell), a 1971 French-Italian drama directed by Nelo Risi, traces the life and death of the poet Arthur Rimbaud. The film follows his turbulent relationship with fellow poet Paul Verlaine and continues through his later African adventure in Ethiopia. A biographical portrait of the young literary prodigy, it depicts the brief but intense career that shook nineteenth-century poetry. The cast includes Terence Stamp, Jean-Claude Brialy, Florinda Bolkan and Gabriella Giacobbe.