UNITED STATES · 2012

The Master

Paul Thomas Anderson
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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.

Year2012
CountryUnited States
DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson
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