Possession

A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.

Possession
France, Germany 1981
  • Czech
124 min.
18+
  • This film is available until 31. 8. 2027 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
About

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.

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Credits
Director: Andrzej Żuławski
Screenplay: Andrzej Żuławski, Frederic Tuten
Cinematography: Bruno Nuytten
Music: Andrzej Korzynski
Sound: Jacques Maumont, Norman Engel, Karl-Heinz Laabs
Editing: Marie-Sophie Dubus, Suzanne Lang-Willar
Producer: Marie-Laure Reyre
Costumes: Ingrid Zoré
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent, Johanna Hofer, Carl Duering
Awards

Cannes Film Festival

1981 – Isabelle Adjani (Best Actress)

César Awards

1982 – Isabelle Adjani (Best Actress)

São Paulo International Film Festival

1981 – Andrzej Żuławski (Critics Award)

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  • This film is available until 31. 8. 2027 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.