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Possession (1981) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards
Fantasporto Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
123 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1981 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Andrzej Zulawski

Written By:
Frederic Tuten
Andrzej Zulawski

Actors:
Isabelle Adjani ..... Anna/Helen
Sam Neill ..... Mark
Margit Carstensen ..... Margit Gluckmeister
Heinz Bennent ..... Heinrich
Johanna Hofer ..... Heinrich's mother
Carl Duering ..... Detective
Shaun Lawton ..... Zimmermann
Michael Hogben ..... Bob
Maximilian Rüthlein ..... Man with pink socks
Thomas Frey ..... Pink sock's acolyte
Leslie Malton ..... Sara, woman with club foot
Gerd Neubert ..... Subway drunk

Synopsis:

A horror film like no other, Possession is an intense, shocking experience that was banned in the UK as a 'video nasty'. At Cannes Film Festival however the film was nominated for the palme d'Or and Isabelle Adjani won Best Actress for her mesmerising performance. With thier marriage in pieves Anna and Mark's tense relationship has become a psychotic descent into screaming matches, violence and self-mutilation. Believing his wife's only lover is the sinister Heinrich, Mark is unare of the demonic, tentacled creature that Anna has hidden away for liasons in a deserted apartment and will stop at nothing to protect.

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.

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.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 06 April, 2023.