Obsession

1976 · 106 min · dir. Brian De Palma

Obsession is a 1976 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold and John Lithgow. The screenplay was written by Paul Schrader, from a story by De Palma and Schrader. Bernard Herrmann provided the film's soundtrack before his death in 1975. The story is about prominent New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland who is haunted by guilt following the death of his wife Elizabeth and daughter Amy during a kidnapping-rescue attempt gone wrong. Years later, he meets and falls in love with Sandra Portinari, a young woman who is the exact look-alike of Elizabeth. Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.