We open up 2024 with a bang! Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 cult classic POSSESSION will be screening at The Backlot Perth on February 23.

More than a horror and more than a relationship drama, POSSESSION is a film composed of pure symbolism and grotesque allegory.

The film follows the disintegration of the marriage of Mark and Anna. Mark (Sam Neill) is an intelligence agent who has been absent due to a vague mission on which he has been sent, and Anna (Isabelle Adjani) is his wife who begins to mentally disintegrate along with the marriage. And then there’s the strange creature that Anna keeps at her other flat…

Famous for its extreme surrealistic horror imagery and for Isabelle Adjani’s fearless and intense performance, POSSESSION is a film that defies classification that makes for a jaw-dropping viewing experience.

Isabelle Adjani as Anna — Isabelle Adjani in POSSESSION

Contact the host of Possession (1981)