POSSESSION (Neil LaBute, 2002)

This movie is very beautiful, especially at the end. After watching the end of the film I have no words to describe it or to express my feelings.



It's sad that because the world does not allow two people to love each other or because of a misunderstanding two lovers quit from sending letters, these two people cannot say goodbye to each other as they really need. Sometimes, the destiny itself doesn't permit two people who are in love to finish together and this is something for what we have just two solutions: accept it or fight.

In terms of the elements employed, in my opinion that it is very important the use and the organization of editing in order to present the situation of the past between Ash (Jeremy Northam) and Christable LaMotte (Jennifer Ehle) parallel to the present one between Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart).





As well, the different uses of crosscutting to show these two situations as parallel ones evokes a possible interconnection between the characters of the past and those of the present. However, the mentioned crosscuttings cannot be considered to be purely crosscuttings because the two situations don't happen at the very same time, since one is part of past events while the other is part of the present time.
Nevertheless, the sensation is like both love stories were parallel at the same time. Instead, the time is not the same, but the places are.