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Possession is a french film of genre Drama directed by Andrzej Żuławski released in USA on 15 october 2021 with Isabelle Adjani

Possession (1981)

Possession
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Released in USA 15 october 2021
Length 2h4
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Fantastic,    Horror
Rating73% 3.6502653.6502653.6502653.6502653.650265

Possession is a 1981 French-German horror film directed by Andrzej Żuławski and starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill. The plot obliquely follows the relationship between an international spy and his wife, who begins exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking him for a divorce. Filmed in Berlin in 1980, the film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, where Isabelle Adjani won the award for Best Actress for her performance. The film later developed a cult following.

Synopsis

Mark (Sam Neill) is a spy returning home from an espionage mission (the nature of this mission is vague, but it involves long trips abroad, cash stuffed into briefcases, and vials of secret liquids) to find that his wife, Anna (Isabelle Adjani), wants a divorce. She won't say why, but insists it's not because she's found someone else.

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