This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.
Arguably. There seems to be degree of consent in the instances of what some would call sexual assault, but also an element of dominance. It's not clear-cut.
At least psychologically. It's more like an constant undercurrent of emotionally affecting dysfunction than all-out violent abuse. I'm not sure the abuser(s?) is/are really aware of what they're doing to the child.
SPOILER......................................... Mother and son, both adults. We see two sexual encounters; the first one is apparently consensual (although the son might be said to have been groomed), the other one less so, in that the son doesn't say no, but does pull away a little and protest weakly at first and is visibly uncomfortable throughout.
the mom attempts suicide by taking sleeping pills and slitting her wrists. the act of her doing those things is not shown but we do see her slit wrists (horizontally, not vertically)
I answered no, but now I'm not sure, as it's sort of a fuzzy concept. In any case, in the film it's not a matter of someone deliberately and methodically confusing another person for a long period of time in order to break them down. It's more like smalls instances here and there, if at all.