Chalamet portrays the music icon during the 1961 to 1965 time period of Dylan's career as he arrives on the folk music scene and quickly shakes it up.

Baez famously wrote the heartbreaking song "Diamonds and Rust" about their rocky romance. ("My poetry is lousy, you said.") In A Complete Unknown, their chemistry is undeniable; the jealousy that cuts both ways, and the ache they share as artists and lovers is breathtaking, cutting to the core, even as she smiles sharply.