(2011) dir Sean Durkin w/Elizabteh Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, Hugh Dancy, Brady Corbet [102 min]
This gripping, fractured psychological drama follows Martha (Olsen), a troubled young woman who has just escaped from an abusive secular cult. With nowhere else to turn, she moves into her uptight sister’s opulent Connecticut vacation home and tries to recover from her traumatic experiences. The film unfolds the layers of Martha’s involvement with the cult in flashback scenes that draw us deeper and deeper into her damaged psyche.
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(2011) dir Sean Durkin w/Elizabteh Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, Hugh Dancy, Brady Corbet [102 min]
This gripping, fractured psychological drama follows Martha (Olsen), a troubled young woman who has just escaped from an abusive secular cult. With nowhere else to turn, she moves into her uptight sister’s opulent Connecticut vacation home and tries to recover from her traumatic experiences. The film unfolds the layers of Martha’s involvement with the cult in flashback scenes that draw us deeper and deeper into her damaged psyche.