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Martyrs

  • 7.0 /10

  • 2673

  • 65%

Plot

A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

Cast

Morjana Alaoui as Anna Assaoui
Morjana Alaoui

as Anna Assaoui

Mylène Jampanoï as Lucie Jurin
Mylène Jampanoï

as Lucie Jurin

Catherine Bégin as Mademoiselle
Catherine Bégin

as Mademoiselle

Robert Toupin as Father
Robert Toupin

as Father

Patricia Tulasne as Mother
Patricia Tulasne

as Mother

Xavier Dolan as Antoine
Xavier Dolan

as Antoine

Jean-Marie Moncelet as Étienne
Jean-Marie Moncelet

as Étienne

Jessie Pham as Young Lucie
Jessie Pham

as Young Lucie

Erika Scott as Young Anna
Erika Scott

as Young Anna

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • June 12, 2008

Production Companies

  • Wild Bunch

  • TCB Films

  • Eskwad

Production Countries

  • Canada

  • France

Spoken Language

  • Français

Budget

  • $6,500,000.00

Revenue

  • $1,100,000.00

Runtime

  • 1.65 hrs

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Reviews

Rated this 5/10 due to large amounts of repeated and gratuitous violence. Is it worth torturing people to find out if there is life after death? This movie's answer seems to be "Keep doubting".

Martyrs: Greek for Witness. Martyrs is written and directed by Pascal Laugier. It stars Morjana Alaoui and Mylene Jampanoi. The New French Extremity Movement had its bar raised considerably by Pascal Laugier’s brutal but thought provoking horror. It’s a film as uncompromising as it is confrontational, a picture guaranteed to get a response for better or worse. Once viewed it simply will not…

I wrote this once to describe my philosophy on what movies/TV I like: "Ravenous fan of dark, edgy movies & TV. They should glue you to the screen and stay in your dreams." Martyrs is one of a handful that describes that perspective to the T, and it is the kind of horror movie that you should go in completely clueless about the plot to enjoy the many twists that you won't see coming. A …