The Master

The Master

7.1IMDb Score
Released:2012-09-14
Genre:Drama
Duration:137 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors:Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Rami Malek, Laura Dern
Production:Annapurna Pictures, Ghoulardi Film Company, JoAnne Sellar Productions

Overview:

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.

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