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.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.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.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 4 nominations
Maximilian Rüthlein
- Man with Pink Socks
- (as Maximilian Ruethlein)
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- TriviaIsabelle Adjani is reported as saying: "Possession is only the type of film you can do when you are young. He [Zulawski] is a director that makes you sink into his world of darkness and his demons. It is okay when you are young, because you are excited to go there. His movies are very special, but they totally focus on women, as if they are lilies. It was quite an amazing film to do, but I got bruised, inside out. It was exciting to do. It was no bones broken, but it was like, 'How or why did I do that?' I don't think any other actress ever did two films with him."
- Goofs(at around 54 mins) In the kitchen scene where Anna cuts herself with an electric knife, Mark picks it up and starts slicing his left arm multiple times. The next day, he is in the kitchen again with his sleeves rolled up, but there are no cuts on his arm. Given the surreal nature of this film, this could have been planned. The camera focuses on the supposedly sliced arm. One can only speculate what message was intended, if in fact the "gaff" was intentional.
- Alternate versionsThe film was severely cut and re-edited for its American release - those versions vary from 81 to 97 minutes. The original is barely recognizable so try to catch the full version.
Featured review
The Haunting...
Now here's a film that may just get you thinking, the extents that some go to with abstractive linking, as a marriage breaks down, this might just make you frown, as you witness two souls whose reality's sinking. The performances are top drawer, Adjani is great - as she shows with aplomb what it can be to hate, how the strain manifests, putting all to the test, malevolence grows, incubates to gestate. So the value you take will depend on your past, if you've been pulled apart, separation has lashed, if the friction, torment has revealed extents, chasms and chaos of bottomless depths.
Sam Neil's not too shabby either.
Sam Neil's not too shabby either.
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- Also known as
- Posesión
- Filming locations
- 87 Sebastianstraße, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany(monster's apartment)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,158,473
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $24,232
- Oct 3, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $1,161,276
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