More than ten years after giving up on poetry, Arthur Rimbaud, now a merchant in Africa, is considering coming back to France. He just needs one last score, trading thousands of rifles to King Menelik. But nothing goes as planned.

More than ten years after giving up on poetry, Arthur Rimbaud, now a merchant in the Horn of Africa, is considering coming back to France. He just needs one last score, his biggest to date, trading thousands of rifles to King Menelik. But nothing goes as planned. Blending fiction and documentary, built from the real letters from Arthur to his mother, the film tries to capture the poet's mental state, depicting the cornerstone of his life. Is he a victim of his own materialsm ? Or he is experiencing the ultimate poetic experience : A proper, Season In Hell in real life ?