Possession

– A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the trut..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.40 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 4 Minutes
Release Year:
1981
Possession (1981)

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

Possession (1981) - Trailer

Release Date:

28 Oct 1983

Language:

English, French, German

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Andrzej Zulawski

Writer:

Andrzej Zulawski (original screenplay), Andrzej Zulawski (adaptation), Frederic Tuten (adaptation), Andrzej Zulawski (dialogue), Frederic Tuten (dialogue)

Main Actors:

Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent

Plot:

During a secretive business trip away, Mark learns that his wife Anna is growing restless in what he believed was their happy marriage. Upon his return home, he learns from her that she wants a divorce. They both go through a series of different emotions related to their situation, Mark's which is generally obsessive about learning why Anna, who he still loves, wants the divorce, and Anna's which is generally increasingly histrionic in getting away from Mark. Caught in the middle is their infant son Bob, who Mark uses as a gage to Anna's mental state. Anna states that her want for the divorce is not because of another man, but Mark finds out that Anna has a lover named Heinrich. In the meantime, Mark also meets Bob's teacher Helen, who looks exactly like Anna, but is her polar opposite in temperament. Starting a relationship with Helen lessens his obsession with Anna. But as Mark and Anna's encounters together reach more emotional and violent levels, Mark, with help of a private investigative firm, learns that Anna's love life is not all that it appears. Anna's true obsession has a somewhat gruesome process and nothing will stop her from reaching her end goal.

Awards:

5 wins & 4 nominations.

Production:

Anchor Bay Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
Metacritic:
72%