Martha Marcy May Marlene Page #4

Synopsis: Martha has run away from an abusive hippie-like cult where she was living as Marcy May for two years. She turns to her sister and brother-in-law who take her in and want to help her. The problem is Martha is having a hard time separating dreams from reality and when haunting memories of her past keep resurfacing, she may need more help than anyone is able to give her.
Director(s): Sean Durkin
Production: Fox Searchlight
  22 wins & 70 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
2011
102 min
$2,981,038
Website
732 Views


Why...? Why did you do that?

You said it was sick.

One of them was sick.

Zoe knew which one it was.

Sorry.

Try again?

My sweetheart

Come here.

Ready.

Aim.

You shouldn't smoke.

What?

I don't smoke.

Especially if you're trying to have a kid.

Maybe you should

mind your own business.

I can't deal with talking to anybody

right now.

Press them together.

I think that's better.

You look really pretty.

Thanks.

I see you, see you now

Smoking, drinking

Never, never thinking

Of tomorrow

Nonchalant

This guy...

Diamonds shining

Dancing, dining

Hi.

Um, everybody, I want you

to meet my sister. This is Martha.

- Is that all you really want?

- No, no, no

Sophisticated lady

I know

You miss the love you lost long ago

And when nobody is nigh

You cry

That was very cool.

What's your name?

I'm sorry?

- What's your name?

- Uh...

I'm Mike.

Um, can I get you something to drink?

I used to drink this.

Okay. Straight?

I thought you're not

supposed to drink, Mike.

I'm not drinking.

You think you're so f***ing smart.

And when nobody is nigh

Martha.

Martha, are you all right?

Hey. Hey, what is going on?

He's a f***ing liar!

Who?

We have to leave.

- OK, hey. Listen to me. What's going on?

- We all have to leave. I know him.

- Go into our room.

- What's this?

We have to leave.

You don't wanna live with this.

Martha, get into my room.

- Let's go into the bedroom.

- Please.

What is wrong with you?

You're not listening to me.

I am. I don't know who

you're talking about.

- He's f***ing here!

- All right, take it...

Please don't touch me!

You're not listening to me!

- Come on.

- Take a deep breath.

Stop!

- Take a deep breath.

- Take a deep breath.

- Let go of me.

- Martha, take a deep breath.

- No. No.

- What is going on?

- I have no idea.

Martha, take a deep breath.

Come on.

You're all right. You're all right.

Martha, please try to breathe.

Please try to breathe.

Can you tell me what you're talking about?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Please try to breathe.

There you go.

Swallow.

There you go. Okay.

Okay. Okay, look at me.

- Hi. Hey.

- What the f***?

Um...

We can go.

What do you want?

Nothing.

No, there's no need for that.

Um, we're leaving now.

So come on, guys.

Hmm?

Sorry.

- Jesus Christ.

- Calm down.

If you calm down, no one will get hurt.

What do you want?

We don't want anything.

Get out.

We were looking at the house. It's nice.

We wouldn't have come in

if we knew you were here.

Just leave.

I would, but I can't be sure

you won't call the police.

I won't.

You didn't take anything?

Mm-mm.

So just go.

I just want to make sure my family is safe.

Safe?

Why wouldn't anyone be safe?

Unless you call the police,

everything will be fine.

I won't.

I give you my word, so please go.

Get the f*** out of my house.

Marcy, go now.

I got it.

Go on.

All right.

Oh, f***.

Hey.

Martha.

Hey, I made you some tea.

Thanks, Mom.

If it's too hot,

you can just blow on it, okay?

Sorry I ruined the party.

You didn't ruin the party. It's fine.

Is it over?

Mm-hm.

You slept through the night.

That's good.

Do you wanna try to sit up

and drink the tea?

No, I don't need it.

- You okay?

- Mm-hm.

You know that death...

is the most beautiful

part of life, right?

Death is beautiful

because we all fear death.

And fear is the most amazing emotion of all

because it creates complete awareness.

It brings you to now...

and that makes you truly present.

And when you're truly' present,

that's nirvana.

That's pure love.

So death is pure love.

- Hello?

- Hi, is Watts there?

- Who is this?

- Jane. Is Watts there?

- Can I help you?

- Who is this?

Marlene Lewis.

What's your last name, Jane?

Heller. Sorry, do I

have the right number?

I don't know. Do you?

- It's a Jane.

- What?

Jane.

Hello?

Hey, how are you?

Uh, sure, let's do it.

I'll be around there on Friday.

No, that was my cousin Marlene.

Okay, sure.

All right, I'll see you then.

I'm glad you called.

All right. Bye.

Hey.)'...

Marcy.

We don't eat until they're finished.

You know better.

I know. Sorry, Katie.

- Who's Katie?

- What?

Why don't you go sit down

and I'll finish this?

- What's going on?

- Who the f*** knows?

- She needs to see someone.

- I know.

Okay. I'll start looking

into places tomorrow.

Places?

I don't think she should

stay with us any more.

We can't do anything for her

when she's like this.

I don't wanna talk about it any more, okay?

Zoe.

Yeah?

I can't stop thinking about that man.

I know.

It just happens, though.

We're never really dead or alive.

We just exist.

So he's still existing,

but it's in a parallel time.

Just don't think about it.

Patrick?

Yes?

Hey, I'm sorry to interrupt...

but I've heard some of the girls

talking outside.

It's Zoe. Can we talk?

Will you let me in?

Get over it.

You haven't learned anything.

- I have.

- I thought we had a connection.

- We do.

- Show me.

Maybe I asked too much from you

too soon.

I'll expect less of you

from now on, okay?

- I'm sorry.

- No, no, no. Shh.

You're my favorite...

and I won't lose you.

Martha.

Martha.

Martha.

Oh, f***.

- Are you all right?

- F***. Yes.

- Jesus. What happened?

- She kicked me down the stairs.

- She what?

- She kicked me down the f***ing stairs!

Christ! I mean,

what is it gonna f***ing take, Lucy?

What the f*** is wrong with you?

- I was confused.

- About what?

What are you confused about?

I thought he was someone else.

You thought he was someone else?

What the f*** is wrong with you?

I'm not doing this any more.

Okay, I'm not gonna do this any more.

I have beat myself up over you for years

and I am sick of it.

I am sick of chasing you down

and worrying about you.

I'm sorry.

You need help, Martha.

I know.

What happened to you?

What happened?

I don't know!

We're gonna get you some proper help.

Are you gonna send me away?

I don't know how to help you

Please don't. Please.

I can't help you, Martha.

Please, I can't be alone. Please.

No.

No.

We're trying to have a family

and I don't feel safe with you here.

- Lucy.

- What?

What?

You're gonna be a terrible mother.

Do you have any money left?

No?

No, I didn't think you did.

We'll make sure everything

is taken care of.

Hey.

You're going swimming?

Yeah.

It's a bit chilly.

I don't mind.

I think we both said some things last night

that we didn't mean.

Yeah.

We scheduled an appointment for you

for tomorrow morning.

What's it like there?

It looks nice.

It's not that far from us.

We head back to the city

in about an hour.

You're gonna be ready, right?

Yeah.

What the hell is he doing?

F***ing lunatic.

- God. Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

He just came out of nowhere.

The ghost of her

Floats over there

And her smile, her smile, it seems

So lonely

She gave me her hand

As I struck up the band

And she seemed to say

She seemed to say

"You're the only"

Then we danced like two snow?akes

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Sean Durkin

Sean Durkin (born December 9, 1981) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He won the Dramatic Directing Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for Martha Marcy May Marlene. His short film, Mary Last Seen, on the same theme as Martha, won the award for best short film at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight. In 2013 Durkin directed the Channel 4 drama series Southcliffe starring Sean Harris and Rory Kinnear. more…

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