Sins of the Mind (1997)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1997-06-11
Director: James Frawley
Writers: Sharon Elizabeth Doyle
Language: English
Stars: Jill Clayburgh , Mike Farrell , Missy Crider , Cyia Batten , Michael Mantell , Robert Pine , Cordelia Richards , Grayson McCouch , Louise Fletcher , Chris Conrad
Runtime: 93 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Pecados de la mente (Argentina) , Out of Control - Gefährliche Begierde (Germany) , Grzesznica (Poland) , Piinaava himo (Finland) , Sins of the Mind (United States of America) , Sins of the Mind , Amarties (Greece) , Pecados da Mente (Brazil) , Laberinto de la mente (Spain)
Plot: A typical American family - photographer father, two talented daughters, Michelle an accomplished commercial artist with a clear upward career path. Then she has an auto accident, and the head trauma leaves behavioral changes. The part of the brain involved in impulse control is damaged (but the lesion is not visible on the usual CAT scan, and psychological tests are not done). Michelle has no control of her sexual impulses, and changes to 'a thief, a liar, and a whore' as her eventual therapist puts it. The family is broken apart, her sister and mother leave, but the father remains convinced that the daughter he loves is in there somewhere. It is a long and harrowing road to understanding of her sex addiction, and the end is not certain, but hopeful.
IMDB:tt0120137