Movie

The Possessed

1988 · 116 min

A heavy, talky plunge into ideological fever and moral rot, demanding patience but rewarding with a suffocating atmosphere of dread.

Overview: Russia, 1870. A group of young anarchist revolutionaries set out to overthrow the Czarist regime through violence. Their attacks create a climate of psychosis and mutual distrust among the population, but in reality, both revolutionaries and repressors are being manipulated by a diabolical individual.
How it feels: Dark, tense, bleak and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Politics, betrayal, obsession, madness
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
betrayal
obsession
madness
corruption
Places: small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild