The Master
Every man needs a guide.
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
- Year : 2012
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Drama
- Studio : Annapurna Pictures, Ghoulardi Film Company, JoAnne Sellar Productions
- Keyword : post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), sexual obsession, religion, drifter, alcoholic, handjob, post war, cult leader, scientology, religious cult, charismatic leader, right hand man, 1940s, past life regression, nude dancing
- Director : Paul Thomas Anderson
- Cast : Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Rami Malek, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons