martha marcy may marlene

Director: sean durkin

Actor: elizabeth olsen,sarah paulson,john hawkes,christopher abbott

Data Published: Wed Dec 21 2011

Genres: Drama,Mystery,Thriller

Key Words: cult,ptsd,religion,caught having sex,cult member

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441326/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Marcy_May_Marlene

Description: Martha Marcy May Marlene is a movie starring Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, and John Hawkes. Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive...

Plot: A young woman named Martha escapes from a cult in the Catskill mountains to a nearby town. In a diner, she is confronted by a cult member who attempts to convince her to return, but she refuses. Martha calls her sister, Lucy. Lucy picks her up and takes her to the vacation lake house in Connecticut that she shares with her husband, Ted. In a flashback, Martha meets the cult leader, Patrick, for the first time. Patrick christens her Marcy May and welcomes her to the cult. While staying with Lucy and Ted at the lake house, Martha begins exhibiting strange behavior: swimming in a public lake naked, sleeping all the time, not eating, and arguing with her sister and brother-in-law about how to live. Lucy reveals she abandoned Martha and is now attempting to get her back into her life, while she and Ted are also trying to have their own child. In another flashback, Martha is seen integrating into cult life, but one night she is drugged and raped by Patrick. Patrick tells Martha she needs to share herself and be more open with others. Back in the present, Martha climbs into bed with Ted and Lucy while they are having sex, angering Ted. Also that night, Martha attempts to contact the cult and is greeted on the phone by a girl identifying herself as Marlene Miller, the name all the women in the cult give when someone calls. Martha loses her nerve and hangs up. In the next flashback, Martha helps a girl named Sally integrate into the cult. She helps Patrick drug and rape Sally, as had been done to her. Patrick attempts to get Martha to kill a cat as well as another cult member, but Martha refuses. She begins participating in burglaries perpetrated by the cult. Lucy and Ted host a party. Martha has a psychotic episode when she recognizes one of the bartenders as a cult member and has to be sedated. Ted attempts to convince Lucy to send Martha to a psychiatric hospital, an idea Lucy rejects. In the last flashback, Martha watches Patrick and Sally talk intimately. She goes on a burglary with the cult that culminates in the stabbing of a man who discovers them, to Martha's shock and horror. Martha has a breakdown in the house. Patrick forcefully subdues her and berates her for her failing to follow the cult's ideals. In the final scenes, Martha has a nightmare and a panic attack. Ted tries to help her, but Martha kicks him down the stairs. Lucy threatens to send Martha to a psychiatric hospital, to which Martha angrily responds that Lucy will be a terrible mother. The next day, Lucy and Martha reconcile somewhat, and Martha goes swimming. She sees a cult member watching her and leaves the water. When the three leave the house, the cult member is seen following their car while Martha says nothing.