Possession (2002)
Director
Neil LaBute
Main cast
Gwyneth Paltrow; Aaron Eckhart; Jeremy Northam; Jennifer Ehle; Lena Headey
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Description
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.
Neil LaBute
Main cast
Gwyneth Paltrow; Aaron Eckhart; Jeremy Northam; Jennifer Ehle; Lena Headey
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Description
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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