A successful comic artist in 1930s New York spirals into a dark, sadistic obsession under a Bohemian cultist's influence.
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A successful comic artist in 1930s New York spirals into a dark, sadistic obsession under a Bohemian cultist's influence.
But, bored and restless, he falls under the sway of Bellerophon Cawdor, a ‘Bohemian love-cultist’ in Greenwich Village, and the sadistic, erotic world he offered. Jake can’t let go, pulling his dutiful high-society wife, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy family, into his tragic obsession with forbidden pleasures, trapping them both in a whirlpool that could destroy their lives. “A strikingly brilliant study of some modern characters who, believing that ‘a living dog is better than a dead lion,
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Frequent and explicit sexual content tied to sadistic and erotic themes.
Minor depictions of violence; not a central focus.
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft depicted.
Minor references to cultist themes in a Bohemian context.
Minor social commentary on high society and Bohemian lifestyles.
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Moderate themes of coercion and emotional suffering in relationships.
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