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Possession
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1350
- IMDb #1775
- Google retired #2895
- Rotten Tomatoes #1503
- Metacritic #1058
- Letterboxd #539
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1391
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2065
- Metacritic Critics #1070
- Metacritic Audience #1249
- Criticker #353
- Douban #639
- Kinopoisk #877
- AlloCiné #2733
- Trakt #2149
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In Cold War Berlin, a spy returns home to find his wife demanding a divorce. Her behavior is erratic and violent, and he hires a private detective to follow her. The investigation reveals she is having an affair, but with a grotesque and inhuman lover that she keeps secret in a grimy apartment. The film descends into a surreal and body-horror exploration of a relationship's violent dissolution.
Details
- Director
- Andrzej Żuławski
- Writer
- Andrzej Żuławski
- Released
- 27 May 1981
- Country
- France, Germany
- Language
- English, French, German
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $2.4M
- Box office
- $1.2M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →2 major awards won · 5 wins from 6 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Cesar Awards 1982 | Best Actress | Isabelle Adjani | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1981 | Best Actress | Isabelle Adjani | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1981 | Palme d'Or | Possession | Nominee |
| Fantasporto 1983 | Special Audience Jury Prize | Andrzej Żuławski | Winner |
| Fantasporto 1983 | Best Actress | Isabelle Adjani | Winner |
| São Paulo International Film Festival 1981 | Film Critics Prize | Andrzej Żuławski | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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