Martha Marcy May Marlene
“You can get away, but you can never escape.”
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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Cast
16 people
Elizabeth Olsen
Martha
Known for
WandaVision
Godzilla
Sarah Paulson
Lucy
Known for
Run
Bird Box
Hugh Dancy
Ted
Known for
Hannibal
Confessions of a Shopaholic
John Hawkes
Patrick
Known for
Deadwood
True Detective
Brady Corbet
Watts
Known for
Mysterious Skin
Olive Kitteridge
Louisa Krause
Zoe
Known for
The Girlfriend Experience
Return
Christopher Abbott
Max
Known for
It Comes at Night
Wolf Man
Maria Dizzia
Katie
Known for
Orange Is the New Black
The Undoing
Julia Garner
Sarah
Known for
Ozark
Weapons
Adam David Thompson
Bartender
Known for
Godless
Glass
Allen McCullough
Man in Home #2
Known for
Extrapolations
Shirley
Lauren Molina
Cult Member
Known for
Body
ABCs of Death 2
Sean Durkin Director · Saunder Jurriaans Composer Danny Bensi Composer
Worldwide gross $3.5M · Budget $1M · United States release October 21, 2011
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,500,000
Gross vs. budget
3.5×
Production
BorderLine Films
Production
This is that
Production
Cunningham & Maybach Films
Production
FilmHaven Entertainment
Production
This Is That Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 21, 2011
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · October 21, 2011
Limited theatrical
Australia
June 10, 2011 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
February 2, 2012 · Theatrical
Belgium
October 21, 2011 · Limited theatrical
Canada
September 11, 2011 · Premiere · Toronto Film Festival
October 11, 2011 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
Denmark
November 12, 2012 · Theatrical
France
May 15, 2011 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
February 29, 2012 · Theatrical
Germany
April 12, 2012 · Theatrical
Greece
November 12, 2011 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
January 19, 2012 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 23, 2011 · Premiere · Jameson CineFest International Film Festival
Ireland
February 3, 2012 · Theatrical
Italy
May 25, 2012 · Theatrical
Japan
February 23, 2013 · Digital
Netherlands
October 21, 2011 · Theatrical
Norway
October 21, 2011 · Limited theatrical
Poland
October 8, 2011 · Premiere · Warsaw Film Festival
Portugal
October 21, 2011 · Premiere
October 21, 2011 · Physical
Spain
September 17, 2011 · Premiere · Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival
April 27, 2012 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 21, 2011 · Limited theatrical
United Kingdom
February 3, 2012 · Theatrical
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