Movie
Possession
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2002-08-16
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Focus Features, Warner Bros. Pictures, Contagious Films, Spring Creek Pictures, Baltimore Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Maud Bailey
- Aaron Eckhart as Roland Mitchell
- Jeremy Northam as Randolph Henry Ash
- Jennifer Ehle as Christabel LaMotte
- Lena Headey as Blanche Glover
- Holly Aird as Ellen Ash
- Toby Stephens as Fergus Wolfe
- Trevor Eve as Cropper
- Georgia Mackenzie as Paola
- Tom Hollander as Euan
- Graham Crowden as Sir George
- Anna Massey as Lady Bailey
Crew
- Neil LaBute - Director
- Laura Jones - Screenplay
- Neil LaBute - Screenplay
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