Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

You can get away, but you can never escape.

Movie · Drama, Thriller · 1h 41m · Rated 6.6/10 on TMDB · Released October 21, 2011

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.

Directed by Sean Durkin

Cast

• Elizabeth Olsen as Martha
• Sarah Paulson as Lucy
• Hugh Dancy as Ted
• John Hawkes as Patrick
• Brady Corbet as Watts
• Louisa Krause as Zoe
• Christopher Abbott as Max
• Maria Dizzia as Katie
• Julia Garner as Sarah
• Adam David Thompson as Bartender
• Allen McCullough as Man in Home #2
• Lauren Molina as Cult Member

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