Martha Marcy May Marlene

Martha Marcy May Marlene

You can get away, but you can never escape.

2011•1h 41m•6.6/10

DramaThriller

Ratings

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6.6/10(810)

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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Production

BorderLine Films, This is that

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Elizabeth Olsen

Elizabeth Olsen

Martha

Sarah Paulson

Sarah Paulson

Lucy

Hugh Dancy

Hugh Dancy

Ted

John Hawkes

John Hawkes

Patrick

Brady Corbet

Brady Corbet

Watts

Louisa Krause

Louisa Krause

Zoe

Christopher Abbott

Christopher Abbott

Max

Maria Dizzia

Maria Dizzia

Katie

Julia Garner

Julia Garner

Sarah

Adam David Thompson

Adam David Thompson

Bartender

Allen McCullough

Allen McCullough

Man in Home #2

Lauren Molina

Lauren Molina

Cult Member

Louisa Braden Johnson

Cult Member

Tobias Segal

Tobias Segal

Cult Member

Gregg Burton

Gregg Burton

Man in Home #1

Michael Chmiel

Scruffy Man

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