Movie-Asylum

Asylum (2005) is a psychologically twisted movie about twisted psyches.

Starring the late Natasha Richardson as the wife of a shrink taking a new post in mental hospital, the movie is about obsession and lust, as she falls for one of the patients and has a torrid affair with him. Despite being caught and ruining her husband's potential promotions, she continues her affair even after the inmate escapes.

She leaves all behind, including her son, to follow him. And though he at first seems "normal," he was in the hospital for good reasons as soon becomes apparent as he beats her. But her obsession is so strong, clinical even, she still defends him and tries to help him.

Asylum is not a great movie...at some points becoming a bit unbelievable as hospital authorities try to cover their tracks. But Richardson's performance is very brave and makes her loss feel greater. She bares all emotionally and physically. And it is an interesting treatment of sexual obsession.