 Eclipse is a dramatic film structured around a series of intimate liaisons. Set in Toronto in the two - week period preceding a total eclipse of the sun, Eclipse presents the very private lives of ten characters who come together in love, desire and need. As anticipation in the city builds towards the day of eclipse, a carnival - like atmosphere pervades. Tourists, eclipse- chasers and scientists converge to experiment the event, while retailers and the popular media exploit the celestial drama for economic profit. The general hoopla is documented for a school video project by Angelo, a precocious teenage boy. Meanwhile, each of the film s ten principal characters (including Angelo) becomes intimately involved with two different partners.