There is a deep part of us that is enthralled with stories about great yearning - whether the subject is lovers caught up in their passions, explorers mapping new territories, or men and women sacrificing everything for their dreams. Based on the Booker Prize-winning novel of the same title by A S Byatt, Possession follows Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart) as they uncover a secret relationship between two Victorian poets, Christabel LaMotte (Jennifer Ehle) and Randolph Henry Ash (Jeremy Northam).
Maud, a brilliant English academic given to doing thi....