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Feature film — 2002

Possession (2002)

6.01h 42mDrama — Mystery — Romance

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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A high-signal pick with 200 votes.

Focus Features / Warner Bros. Pictures / Contagious Films / Spring Creek Pictures / Baltimore Pictures

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Director: Neil LaBute

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Cast & crew

Gwyneth Paltrow as Maud Bailey

Gwyneth Paltrow

Maud Bailey

Aaron Eckhart as Roland Mitchell

Aaron Eckhart

Roland Mitchell

Jeremy Northam as Randolph Henry Ash

Jeremy Northam

Randolph Henry Ash

Jennifer Ehle as Christabel LaMotte

Jennifer Ehle

Christabel LaMotte

Lena Headey as Blanche Glover

Lena Headey

Blanche Glover

Holly Aird as Ellen Ash

Holly Aird

Ellen Ash

Toby Stephens as Fergus Wolfe

Toby Stephens

Fergus Wolfe

Trevor Eve as Cropper

Trevor Eve

Cropper

Georgia Mackenzie as Paola

Georgia Mackenzie

Paola

Tom Hollander as Euan

Tom Hollander

Euan

Graham Crowden as Sir George

Graham Crowden

Sir George

Anna Massey as Lady Bailey

Anna Massey

Lady Bailey

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