Our anniversary weekend tribute to Sam Neill (1947-2026) continues with this striking, intense slice of psychological horror about the unexpected complications of a dissolving marriage.

Banned upon its original release in 1981, Andrzej Żuławski’s highly choreographed nightmare of a marriage unraveling is an experience unlike any other. Professional spy Mark (Sam Neill) returns to his West Berlin home to find his wife Anna (Isabelle Adjani, in a role that earned her Best Actress at Cannes) insistent on a divorce. As Anna’s frenzied behavior becomes ever more alarming, Mark discovers a truth far more sinister than his wildest suspicions. With its pulsating score, visceral imagery, and some of the most grueling performances ever captured on screen, Possession is cinematic delirium at its most intoxicating. (Metrograph)

“POSSESSION is like nothing else – an uncompromising and idiosyncratic vision of the divisions that exist around, between and within us all.” – Little White Lies

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