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Possession
Drama, Mystery, Romance
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy literary mysteries where scholarly investigation gradually uncovers passionate historical romance and emotional echoes across generations.
- Tone
- cerebral, romantic, bittersweet
- Payoff
- revelation, swoon
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- non-linear
- Themes
- forbidden love, literary scholarship, secrecy, artistic legacy, discovery
- Setting
- contemporary and Victorian England, libraries, estates, and literary landscapes
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