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Possum

Possum

Can you spy him deep within? Little possum. Black as sin.

20186.21h 25m

Overview

A disgraced children's puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.

Directed by Matthew Holness
Written by Sarah Dempster, Matthew Holness
Produced by Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones, Mark Lane
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Top Cast

Sean Harris

Sean Harris

Philip

Alun Armstrong

Alun Armstrong

Maurice

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Andy Blithe

Michael's Father

R

Ryan Enever

Michael's Uncle

C

Charlie Eales

Michael

Joe Gallucci

Joe Gallucci

Lee

R

Rohan Gotobed

Andrew

Raphel Famotibe

Raphel Famotibe

Simon

S

Simon Bubb

Mr. Evans

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Katie Lightfoot

Mrs. Atwood

Themes & Keywords

puppeteerspiderhallucinationsurrealismmadnessmissing childnorfolkabuse

About Possum

Possum is a drama, horror, thriller film released in 2018 exploring themes of puppeteer, spider, hallucination, surrealism, madness, missing child. Directed by Matthew Holness, it stars Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Andy Blithe. A disgraced children's puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.

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