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Possession

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Possession
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R,2hrs 3min
Release:
1981
Director:
Andrzej Zulawski
Distributor:
Anchor Bay
Starring:
Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Heinz Bennent  ...more
Synopsis: Usually misattributed to the horror genre, this challenging and highly unusual drama stars Isabelle Adjani as a young woman who forsakes her husband (Sam Neill) and her lover (Heinz Bennent) for a bizarre, tentacled creature that she keeps in a run-down Berlin apartment. In the beginning, her husband knows nothing about the monster and sincerely believes that his wife is insane. He has her tailed by private detectives, whom she kills and feeds to the creature. Still unaware of what has happened, ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
Director Andrzej Zulawski achieved his most widespread international success with this elliptical, allegorical tale of a disintegrating marriage and its grotesque byproducts. True to form, the director was able to coax deliciously unrestrained performances from Isabelle Adjani and the then-unknown Sam Neill as the bitter couple trapped in a torturous relationship. Zulawski's set-up is tantalizing: ... Full Review
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Isabelle Adjani
Anna, Anna/Helen, Helen
Sam Neill
Marc
Heinz Bennent
Heinrich
Margit Carstensen
Margie
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Gwyneth Paltrow at the Deauville 2002 "Possession" premiere.
Gwyneth Paltrow at the Deauville 2002 "Possession" photocall.
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