The Profit

The film tells of an invented cult leader. The man is called L. Conrad Powers. The name of the organisation he founds is invented for the film as well. The account shows how he rises. First he gathers people around him. Then he builds the organisation up. A system of money and obedience takes shape. But the rise brings loneliness with it. The man starts to suspect those around him. In time suspicion covers everything. The director Peter N. Alexander was inside such an organisation for many years. He made the film after leaving it. The production was shown at Cannes. After that, lawsuits kept it out of cinemas in America. Eric Rath and Cliff Roca take the leads in Peter N. Alexander’s American film of 2001.