Martha Marcy May Marlene
“You can get away, but you can never escape.”
2011•R•1h 41m•6.6•Released
DramaThriller
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.
Director
Sean Durkin
Writer
Sean Durkin
Budget
$1M
Revenue
$4M
Languages
English
Studio
BorderLine Films
Cast
Elizabeth Olsen
Martha
Sarah Paulson
Lucy
Hugh Dancy
Ted
John Hawkes
Patrick
Brady Corbet
Watts
Louisa Krause
Zoe
Christopher Abbott
Max
Maria Dizzia
Katie
Julia Garner
Sarah
Adam David Thompson
Bartender
Allen McCullough
Man in Home #2
Lauren Molina
Cult Member
Louisa Braden Johnson
Cult Member
Tobias Segal
Cult Member
Gregg Burton
Man in Home #1
Production
Company
BorderLine Films
Company
This is that
Producer
Josh Mond
Producer
Chris Maybach
Producer
Patrick Cunningham
Producer
Antonio Campos
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