Sybil (2007)
3.6 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 29min
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- Synopsis:
Troubled Columbia University art student and later student teacher Sybil Dorsett (Tammy Blanchard ) is referred to psychiatrist Cornelia Wilbur (Jessica Lange) by Dr. Atcheson (Ron White), a colleague who believes that the young woman is suffering from female hysteria. As her treatment progresses, Sybil confesses that she frequently experiences blackouts and cannot account for large blocks of time. Wilbur helps her recall a childhood in which she suffered physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of her disturbed mother Hattie. Eventually, 16 identities varying in age and personal traits begin to emerge. Chief among them is Victoria, a French woman who explains to Dr. Wilbur how she shepherds the many parts of Sybil's whole. Frustrating the therapist are objections raised by her associates, who suspect she has influenced her patient into creating her other selves, and Sybil's father, who refuses to admit his late wife was anything other than a loving mother. Although she had promised never to hypnotize Sybil, later into the treatment, Dr. Wilbur takes her patient to her home by a lake and hypnotizes her into having all 16 personalities be the same age as she and become just aspects of Sybil. By nightfall, Sybil claims she feels different, and emotionally declares her hatred toward her mother. - Actors:
- Jessica Lange, Tammy Blanchard, Ron White, JoBeth Williams, Alison Murray, Fab Filippo, Brian Downey, Brianna MacDonald, Joey Campbell, David Patrick Flemming, Michael Ray Fox, Gary Levert, David Wm. Marsh, Liam McNamara, Marlane O'Brien, Wanda Taylor
- Directors:
- Joseph Sargent
- Writers:
- John Pielmeier, Flora Rheta Schreiber
- Genres:
- Drama
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