Martha Marcy May Marlene

You can get away. But you can never escape.

Plot Summary

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.

6.6 /10

2011

US

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rape

sexual abuse

sibling relationship

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

paranoia

group sex

cult

patriarchy

polygamy

connecticut

memory

brainwashing

home invasion

drugged

boundary violations

running away

estranged sister

sexual predator

manipulated woman

drugging someone

manipulative male lead

flashbacks

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