Possession

The greatest struggle of humanity and the most significant struggle one can have in a relationship is the complexity of communication. Not knowing what the other person thinks and what they might say keeps us away from saying so many things. Assuming, overthinking, and never putting it into action. The person whom you can tell anything to any time of the day, the person you can call and talk to however you want without ever being judged, slowly turns into you picking the right words to say, choosing what to speak in front of them, leading to complete silence and not being able to communicate other than saying simple things such as “How was your day?”. Where conversation ends, the sensuality and the sexual tension end, too. You kiss without any feeling. Hug without any emotion. Director Zulawski searches for meaning in this strange and incomprehensible decaying of feelings. The only reason he can find in this situation is the supernatural. That is the reason why Possession is so humanly horrifying. It’s where meanings and solutions end, and only the worst and the most surreal things start making sense. When everything starts to settle, there are only two choices: To die separated or to live as two completely different people.