Martha Marcy May Marlene

Theatrical Release Date: 2011 10 21 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 024543771630

Studio: Fox Home Entertainment

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations]

Summary: An escaped cult member experiences paranoia and isolation while attempting to start a new life with her sister's family. Try as Martha might to blend into her new upper-middle-class surroundings, she can't help but be haunted by nightmares of the time she spent under the control of a malevolent cult leader, or the fear that the group is watching her every move and awaiting the perfect moment to take their revenge. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Thriller

Awards: Film Presented – Sundance Film Festival Film Presented – Cannes Film Festival Film Presented – Toronto International Film Festival Film Presented – London Film Festival Best First Feature – Independent Spirit Awards Best Female Lead – Independent Spirit Awards Producers Award – Independent Spirit Awards New Generation Award – L.A. Film Critics Association Best New Filmmaker – Boston Society of Film Critics New Generation Award – L.A. Film Critics Association New Generation Award – L.A. Film Critics Association Breakthrough Performance – Detroit Film Critics Society New Generation Award – L.A. Film Critics Association Best Actress – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Supporting Male – Independent Spirit Awards

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Martha Marcy May Marlene

Format: DVD

Release Date: 02/21/2012

Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 2.40:1

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 102 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish,French

Subtitles: Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Martha Marcy May Marlene
1. Chapter 1 [5:29]
2. Chapter 2 [4:00]
3. Chapter 3 [3:53]
4. Chapter 4 [3:53]
5. Chapter 5 [4:52]
6. Chapter 6 [4:27]
7. Chapter 7 [3:14]
8. Chapter 8 [2:55]
9. Chapter 9 [3:54]
10. Chapter 10 [6:12]
11. Chapter 11 [6:11]
12. Chapter 12 [4:02]
13. Chapter 13 [5:34]
14. Chapter 14 [1:59]
15. Chapter 15 [3:49]
16. Chapter 16 [2:59]
17. Chapter 17 [3:47]
18. Chapter 18 [:44]
19. Chapter 19 [4:54]
20. Chapter 20 [4:04]
21. Chapter 21 [4:28]
22. Chapter 22 [1:46]
23. Chapter 23 [5:33]
24. Chapter 24 [4:04]

Jeremy Wheeler

Deliberate in pace and haunting in nature, Martha Marcy May Marlene is a dreamlike character study of a former cultist's reintroduction to society and her attempts to understand her place in the world. Elizabeth Olsen gives a stunning performance in the lead role -- no small feat given that the film frequently moves from the present day to flashbacks and back again. At the helm, first-time filmmaker T. Sean Durkin commands the proceedings with a calculation that continues to impress long after the credits roll. Dread lies in the pores of each frame, promising that no good will come out of the situation. The film opens with shots of a seemingly normal farm. The first glimpse that something is amiss in this setting is a dinner scene where the men of the house eat before the women, all of whom dine in silence afterwards. Durkin then cuts to the morning, as viewers witness Martha (Olsen) fleeing from the compound to the nearest town, where she's caught at a diner by one of her fellow farmhands. Though she is allowed to leave, the past is never too far behind her, as she finds out when she moves into a summer lake house with her sister Lucy (Sarah Paulson) and her husband (Hugh Dancy). Long out of touch, the siblings find it difficult to talk about where Martha has been for last two years -- the memories of which begin to tear Martha apart as her grasp on reality breaks down, cuing the audience in on what was going on at that farm one flashback at a time. Apart from the similar tense aesthetic the film shares with the previous year's Winter's Bone, the two pictures also feature John Hawkes in two very different, yet subtly sinister performances. Though not quite as striking as his Oscar-nominated performance in Bone, the actor does a fine job at portraying an intimidating force that plagues Martha in the past and the present. As admirable as Hawkes is, the picture belongs to Olsen, who's in nearly every frame of the movie. There's a shell-shocked quality to her in the present, while the flashbacks present a lonely, vulnerable side of the character that both she and the audience have a hard time shaking when those scenes end. Martha Marcy May Marlene is a fascinating triumph of indie filmmaking and a smashing debut for Olsen that simply cannot be ignored. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Ted Hope  Executive Producer 
Chris Maybach  Producer 
Matt Palmieri  Executive Producer 
T. Sean Durkin  Director 
T. Sean Durkin  Screenwriter 
Antonio Campos  Producer 
Josh Mond  Producer 
Alexander Schepsman  Executive Producer 
Saemi Kim  Executive Producer 
Saerom Kim  Executive Producer 
Patrick Cunningham  Producer 
Saunder Jurriaans  Composer (Music Score) 
Danny Bensi  Composer (Music Score) 
Elizabeth Olsen  Actor 
Christopher Abbott  Actor 
Brady Corbet  Actor 
Hugh Dancy  Actor 
Maria Dizzia  Actor 
Julia Garner  Actor 
John Hawkes  Actor 
Louisa Krause  Actor 
Sarah Paulson  Actor 
Adam Thompson  Actor 
Lauren Molina  Actor 
Tobias Segal  Actor 
Louisa Braden Johnson  Actor 
Gregg Burton  Actor 
Allen McCullough  Actor 

Country: USA