The Principles of Lust is a 2003 British drama film directed by Penny Woolcock based on the (unpublished)[1] novel '"The Zero-Sum Game" by Tim Cooke.
[2] Paul is a struggling writer and is driving his car to a meeting at an art gallery when he is involved in a collision with another vehicle.
Billy is accompanied by a young woman named Hole who is a striptease performer at the pub.
When Hole has finished her performance, Billy takes Paul into a back room of the pub and introduces him to his group of mates who live a life of drugs, sex, and violence.
The film then follows Paul as his life veers between a relationship with Juliette and her son, and the debauched excesses of wild nights out with Billy and Hole and their mates.