The Master
Dramapost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)sexual obsessionreligiondrifteralcoholichandjobpost warcult leaderscientologyreligious cultcharismatic leaderright hand man
A psychologically intense, visually composed study of two damaged men locked in a relationship of mutual obsession and manipulation, exploring trauma, belief, and the hunger for belonging.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Joaquin Phoenix
Freddie Quell
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Lancaster Dodd
Amy Adams
Peggy Dodd
Rami Malek
Clark
Laura Dern
Helen Sullivan
Jesse Plemons
Val Dodd
Ambyr Childers
Elizabeth Dodd
Madisen Beaty
Doris Solstad
Kevin J. O'Connor
Bill White
Patty McCormack
Mildred Drummond
Lena Endre
Mrs. Solstad
Barbara Brownell
Margaret O'Brien
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