The Master

7.1 2012 Paul Thomas Anderson 2h 17m
Drama
The Master

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.

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Phoenix Freddie Quell
Philip Seymour Hoffman Philip Seymour Hoffman Lancaster Dodd
Amy Adams Amy Adams Peggy Dodd
Rami Malek Rami Malek Clark
Laura Dern Laura Dern Helen Sullivan
Jesse Plemons Jesse Plemons Val Dodd
Ambyr Childers Ambyr Childers Elizabeth Dodd
Madisen Beaty Madisen Beaty Doris Solstad

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