OBSESSION

Brian De Palma revisits Hitchcock’s Vertigo with intriguing results.

Because he agrees to police suggestions that he substitute blank paper for ransom money, a businessman’s wife and daughter are killed by their enraged kidnappers. Fifteen years later, the man has still not forgiven himself for what happened, and, while vacationing in Italy, he suddenly encounters a young woman who is the mirror-image of his dead wife. Is it just coincidence?

Could she possibly be his daughter, somehow still alive and fully grown?

The guilt-ridden husband becomes obsessed with this ghostly reincarnation and his passionate pursuit of her leads to surprising revelations about his own past.

Includes a 30-minute documentary on the making of the film, with interviews with key cast and crew.