Brandon’s carefully compartmentalized life—cycling through prostitutes, one-night stands, and compulsive masturbation at work—is disrupted when his fragile, troubled sister (Carey Mulligan) moves into his apartment uninvited. The film is not about sex; it is about alienation, emptiness, and the inability to form genuine human connections.
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