Martha Marcy May Marlene

"You can get away. But you can never escape."

Dec 21 2011 R 1h 42m
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.

Official Trailer
Plot

Martha has run away from an abusive hippie-like cult where she was living as Marcy May for two years. She turns to her sister and brother-in-law who take her in and want to help her. The problem is Martha is having a hard time separating dreams from reality and when haunting memories of her past keep resurfacing, she may need more help than anyone is able to give her.

Written by

Sean Durkin

Directed by

Sean Durkin

Cast

Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Fox Searchlight Pictures, Maybach Film Productions, This Is That Productions, BorderLine Films, FilmHaven Entertainment, Cunningham & Maybach Films

Languages

English

Awards

22 wins & 74 nominations

Trailers
MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE: Official HD Trailer
Featurettes
Meet the Artists '11: Sean Durkin
Making Of
Scores
# of Votes
58,450
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
75
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