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Possession

2 hr. 4 min. | Drama | Pegi 13

After Anna (by Isabelle Adjani) reveals to her husband, Mark (by Sam Neill), that she is having an affair, she leaves him and their son. After a series of violent confrontations between Mark and Anna, Mark hires a private investigator to follow her. Gradually, he finds out something more inexplicable and shocking than a simple love affair. An allegoric depiction of the emotional extremes experienced during a breakup, Possession is truly an emotional nuclear explosion.

Andrzej Żuławski

Andrzej Żuławski

Andrzej Żuławski was born in 1940 in Poland, and grew up between Warsaw and Paris. After finishing school, he studied Cinema in Paris. He then returned to Poland to become an assistant of the prominent Andrzej Wajda. His first full-length feature, The Third Part of The Night (1971), was widely acclaimed and earned many international prizes. As the career grew, he had difficulties with the Soviet regime, eventually facing censorship for his film The Devil (1972), and decided to return to France. The film Possession (1981) was selected for the official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. He also directed films Mad Love (1985), My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days (1989), Fidelity (2000) and Cosmos (2015).
Languages
English, French, German
Subtitles
Lithuanian
Original title
Possession
Produced
1981: Poland, Germany

Film information

Director
Andrzej Żuławski
Producers
Marie-Laure Reyre
Cast
Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill
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