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sex, lies, and videotape (1989)

sex, lies, and videotape (1989)

R 101 minutes EN Drama
There can be no such thing as a private obsession.
Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.
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