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Martha Marcy May Marlene
You can get away. But you can never escape.
Genres
DramaThriller
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.
Details
Budget
$1000000
Revenue
$3500000
Runtime
101 min
Release Date
2011-10-21
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
768
Vote Average
6.61
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Elizabeth Olsen
Martha
Sarah Paulson
Lucy
Hugh Dancy
Ted
John Hawkes
Patrick
Brady Corbet
Watts
Louisa Krause
Zoe
Christopher Abbott
Max
Maria Dizzia
Katie
Julia Garner
Sarah
Adam David Thompson
Bartender
Allen McCullough
Man in Home #2
Lauren Molina
Cult Member
Louisa Braden Johnson
Cult Member
Tobias Segal
Cult Member
Gregg Burton
Man in Home #1
Michael Chmiel
Scruffy Man
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