Overview:
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.Status: | Released (2008-06-12) |
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Awards: | 7 wins & 9 nominations total |
Screen: | Pascal Laugier |
Productions: | Wild Bunch, TCB Films, Eskwad |
Production Countries: | Canada, France |
Spoken Languages: | Français |
Casts
- 59612: Morjana Alaoui - Anna Assaoui
- 20197: Mylène Jampanoï - Lucie Jurin
- 59614: Catherine Bégin - Mademoiselle
- 59615: Robert Toupin - Father
- 59616: Patricia Tulasne - Mother
- 59617: Juliette Gosselin - Marie
- 143593: Xavier Dolan - Antoine
Crews
- 59611: Pascal Laugier - Director - Directing
- 8317: Sébastien Prangère - Editor - Editing
- 51323: Richard Grandpierre - Producer - Production
- 1161624: Frédéric Doniguian - Executive Producer - Production
- 59611: Pascal Laugier - Writer - Writing
- 1146814: Marcel Giroux - Executive Producer - Production
- 1263195: Alex Cortés - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
CipE
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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".
Continue reading ->John Chard
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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 a ....
Continue reading ->Repo Jack
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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 ....
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<b>64/100</b> <i>Martyrs</i> delivers an intriguing and original concept but doesn't quite reach its full potential. It borrows a page from <i>Terrifier</i>'s playbook by dispatching the superior actress early which leaves a noticeable performance void. The third act hits a bit of ....
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