Producer | Antonio Campos |
Director | T. Sean Durkin |
Music | Daniel Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans |
Writer | T. Sean Durkin |
Release Date | 21-Oct-2011 |
Cast Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, Christopher Abbott, John Hawkes, Brady Corbet About Martha Marcy May Marlene
The movie stars Elizabeth Olsen (younger sister of the infmaous Olsen twins) is a powerful psychological thriller in which Martha rapidly unraveling amidst her attempt to reclaim a normal life after fleeing from a cult and its charismatic leader (John Hawkes). The film intercuts Martha's experiences during and post-cult life, building the paranoia that her former brethren could be lurking around every corner. Martha, both in terms of the character and the film itself. She’s in just about every frame of this feature and is the piece that holds the entire narrative together; something that’s quite essential as the film frequently abandons its modern storyline for lengthy flashbacks. Martha is unable and unwilling to reveal the truth about her disappearance. When her memories trigger a chilling paranoia that her former cult could still be pursuing her, the line between Martha's reality and delusion begins to blue http://www.whereincity.com/movies/hollywood/8836 |