Possession
Possession
“ Inhuman ecstasy fulfilled. ”
CINEMA1981-05-27
DIGITAL2020-04-21
RegionFR / DE
Runtime124 MIN
Media TypeMovie
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Isabelle Adjani delivers a ferocious, award-winning turn in this visceral allegorical masterpiece of marital breakdown and demonic possession.”
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Andrzej Żuławski
KEYWORDS
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Isabelle Adjani delivers a ferocious, award-winning turn in this visceral allegorical masterpiece of marital breakdown and demonic possession.
