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Possession
The past will connect them. The passion will possess them.
Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.
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Synopsis
Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.
More about Possession
Cast
Gwyneth PaltrowMaud Bailey
Aaron EckhartRoland Mitchell
Jeremy NorthamRandolph Henry Ash
Jennifer EhleChristabel LaMotte
Lena HeadeyBlanche Glover
Holly AirdEllen Ash
Toby StephensFergus Wolfe
Trevor EveCropperCredits
- Directed by
- Neil LaBute
- Written by
- Neil LaBute, Laura Jones, A.S. Byatt
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $10.1M
Production
Focus FeaturesUnited States
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States- Contagious Films
- Spring Creek PicturesUnited States
Baltimore PicturesUnited States
