Possession

Possession

102 mins | Drama, Romance, Mystery | Oct. 2, 2002

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.

Possession

102 mins | Drama, Romance, Mystery | Oct. 2, 2002

Possession
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, USA Films, Focus Features, Baltimore Spring Creek Productions, Contagious Films
Original title Possession
Directors Neil LaBute
Writers Laura Jones, Neil LaBute, A.S. Byatt, David Henry Hwang

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

Tom Hollander

as Euan

Graham Crowden

as Sir George

Anna Massey

as Lady Bailey

Elodie Frenck

as Sabine

Shelley Conn

as Candi

Holly Earl

as May Bailey

Kate O'Toole

as Mrs. Jameson

Meg Wynn Owen

as Mrs. Lees

Roger Hammond

as Professor Spear

Jeanne Marine

as University Secretary

Tom Hickey

as Blackadder

Craig Crosbie

as Hildebrand