Bruno and Maryline move into a small town of the French Apls, chasing their dream for a better life. But their primary enthusiasm becomes disappointment, anger and jealousy.
Acting
Renier's simmering desperation and Depardieu's brittle optimism.
Direction
Guirado traps you in claustrophobic mountain isolation.
Director
Éric Guirado
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Éric Guirado made his name documenting rural French life in 'The Grocer's Son'—here he weaponizes that intimacy against his characters.
The title's double meaning—property and demonic possession—reveals itself in who truly owns whom by the final act.