Martha Marcy May Marlene

Deontae 2022-04-24 06:01:01

"Double-faced Martha" was adapted from real events and was shortlisted for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival as a focus unit. After the Sundance film was released, the film was highly acclaimed and was considered to be the 2011 "Winter Bones" ".
The young girl Martha (played by Elizabeth Olsen) strayed into a cult, was brainwashed by the leader Parrick (played by John Hawkes), and was "raped" in the name of a religious ceremony. Escape the control of the cult to get out. Then she found her sister Lucy (played by Sarah Paulson), started a new life with her sister and brother-in-law Ted (played by Hugh Dancy), and kept silent about what happened when she disappeared in the past. In the seemingly normal and peaceful life day after day, Martha struggles to forget the unbearable past. But the life of the cult organization lingered in Marsha's mind like a nightmare. She felt terrified and uneasy, and even began to fail to distinguish between what is real and what is an illusion...

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Martha Marcy May Marlene quotes

  • [as Marcy May introduces a new 'recruit' to their home and shows her one of the babies]

    Sarah: All the kids here are boys.

    Martha: [referring to Patrick] He only has boys.

  • Martha: I am a teacher and a leader. You just never let me be that. But now, I am... I know who I am.