1981 · horror · drama
Possession
Directed by Andrzej Żuławski2h 4m1981
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
Our read: Possession (1981) reads as a heavy, steady, surreal horror · drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / drama, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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