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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Cast
22 people
Gwyneth Paltrow
Maud Bailey
Known for
Iron Man 3
Se7en
Aaron Eckhart
Roland Mitchell
Known for
The Dark Knight
Sully
Jeremy Northam
Randolph Henry Ash
Known for
The Tudors
The Crown
Jennifer Ehle
Christabel LaMotte
Known for
Fifty Shades of Grey
Lioness
Lena Headey
Blanche Glover
Known for
Game of Thrones
300
Holly Aird
Ellen Ash
Known for
Hijack
A Discovery of Witches
Toby Stephens
Fergus Wolfe
Known for
Lost in Space
Black Sails
Trevor Eve
Cropper
Known for
A Discovery of Witches
Death Comes to Pemberley
Georgia Mackenzie
Paola
Known for
Unforgotten
Steel Trap
Tom Hollander
Euan
Known for
Taboo
The Night Manager
Graham Crowden
Sir George
Known for
Attila
Out of Africa
Anna Massey
Lady Bailey
Known for
The Machinist
Peeping Tom
Neil LaBute Director · Laura Jones Screenplay A.S. Byatt Author
Worldwide gross $10M · Budget $25M · United States release August 16, 2002
Box office
Budget
$25,000,000
Worldwide gross
$10,113,733
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Focus Features
Production · Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
Contagious Films
Production
Spring Creek Pictures
Production
Baltimore Pictures
Production
Baltimore Spring Creek Productions
Production
United Kingdom · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Netherlands · August 16, 2002
Limited theatrical
United States · August 16, 2002
Limited theatrical
United States
August 30, 2002 · Theatrical
France
November 28, 2002 · Theatrical
Germany
November 28, 2002 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 25, 2002 · Digital
Italy
October 2, 2002 · Theatrical
Switzerland
November 28, 2002 · Digital
United Kingdom
October 25, 2002 · Theatrical
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