Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

10/21/2011 (US) • 1h 41m

Drama, Thriller

You can get away. But you can never escape.

Overview

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.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,000,000.00

Revenue

$3,500,000.00

Keywords

mind control

rape

sexual abuse

sibling relationship

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

paranoia

group sex

cult

patriarchy

polygamy

connecticut

memory

brainwashing

home invasion

drugged

boundary violations

running away

estranged sister

sexual predator

manipulated woman

drugging someone

murderous cult

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