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
“The past will connect them. The passion will possess them.”
Overview
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.
Director
Neil LaBute
Budget
25.0M
Revenue
10.1M
Status
Released
Production
Focus Features, Warner Bros. Pictures, Contagious Films, Spring Creek Pictures, Baltimore Pictures
Cast
Gwyneth Paltrow
Maud Bailey
Aaron Eckhart
Roland Mitchell
Jeremy Northam
Randolph Henry Ash
Jennifer Ehle
Christabel LaMotte
Lena Headey
Blanche Glover
Holly Aird
Ellen Ash
Toby Stephens
Fergus Wolfe
Trevor Eve
Cropper
Georgia Mackenzie
Paola
Tom Hollander
Euan
Graham Crowden
Sir George
Anna Massey
Lady Bailey
Elodie Frenck
Sabine
Shelley Conn
Candi
Holly Earl
May Bailey
Kate O'Toole
Mrs. Jameson
Meg Wynn Owen
Mrs. Lees
Roger Hammond
Professor Spear
Jeanne Marine
University Secretary
Tom Hickey
Blackadder
Craig Crosbie
Hildebrand
Christopher Good
Crabb-Robinson
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