The Master

Paul Thomas Anderson’s film about attraction and an unusual bond formed between two equally lost people.

A demobilized sailor cannot find his place in postwar America. He drifts through life impulsively and painfully, changing jobs one after another until chance brings him to Lancaster Dodd — the charismatic leader of a new religious movement who speaks confidently about human nature and promises inner transformation to his followers.

To the surprise of the cult’s devoted members, the guru makes the aggressive outsider his closest companion.