Possession (1981 film)

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Possession is a 1981 psychological horror drama film written and directed by Andrzej Żuławski. The plot obliquely follows the relationship between an international spy (played by Sam Neill) and his wife (Isabelle Adjani), who begins exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking for a divorce. An international co-production between France and West Germany, it is Żuławski's only English-language feature. Żuławski developed the screenplay amid the emotional aftermath of his divorce from actress Małgorzata Braunek and his exile from Poland after production on his epic On the Silver Globe was halted in 1977. After approaching French writer-director Danièle Thompson with a short treatment, he was introduced to American novelist Frederic Tuten; the two collaborated on the adaptation and dialogue in New York, Paris, and Saint-Tropez. Principal photography took place in West Berlin in 1980, largely near the Berlin Wall, on a budget of approximately $2.4 million. Carlo Rambaldi created...

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