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Martyrs is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Pascal Laugier released in USA on 27 april 2009 with Morjana Alaoui
Martyrs (2008)
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Add to a movie listMartyrs is a 2008 horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier. It was first screened during the 2008 Cannes Film Festival at the Marché du Film, and the film's French release was on 3 September 2008. The American rights for the film were purchased by the Weinstein Company and the company was responsible for the release of the DVD in April 2009.
The film has been associated with the New French Extremity movement.
Synopsis
The film begins with a young girl, Lucie Jurin, as she escapes from a disused abattoir where she has been imprisoned and physically abused for a long period of time. No signs of sexual abuse are identified, and the perpetrators and their motivations remain a mystery. Lucie is placed in an orphanage, where she is befriended by a young girl named Anna Assaoui. Anna soon discovers that Lucie believes that she is constantly being terrorized by a ghoulish creature; a horrible, disfigured, emaciated woman.Actors
Morjana Alaoui
(Anna Assaoui)
Mylène Jampanoï
(Lucie Jurin)
Xavier Dolan
(Antoine)
Catherine Bégin
(Mademoiselle)
Robert Toupin
(Father)
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