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Martyrs

Canada, France

2008

99 Min
Color
1.85:1
French
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DIR Pascal Laugier

EXEC Frédéric Doniguian, Marcel Giroux

PROD Richard Grandpierre, Simon Trottier

SCR Pascal Laugier

DP Stéphane Martin, Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky

CAST Mylène Jampanoï, Morjana Alaoui, Catherine Bégin, Robert Toupin, Xavier Dolan, Patricia Tulasne, Juliette Gosselin, Isabelle Chasse

ED Sébastien Prangère

PROD DES Jean-Andre Carriere

MUSIC Alex Cortés, Willie Cortés

SOUND Philippe Mercier, Serge Rouquairol, Steven Utt

Toronto (Midnight Madness), Stockholm (Twilight Zone), Mar del Plata (Panorama), San Sebastián (Cutting Edge of French Cinema)

Synopsis

Fifteen years after a horrifying experience of abduction and prolonged torture, Lucie embarks on a bloody quest for revenge against her oppressors. Along with her childhood friend, Anna, who also suffered abuse, she quickly descends, without hope, into madness and her own delusions. Anna, left on her own begins to re-experience what Lucie did when she was only twelve years old. —IMDb

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suddenmoves

20Apr12

Pretty brutal and cold, and when you find out what's going on it's sort of lame, but Laugier does a great job of making a film full of torture than could in no way be construed as porn. I'm totally ambivalent.

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Katie R

31Mar12

Cathartic, what-the-hell kind of movie.

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suddenmoves

21Mar12

Well structured and definitely shocking, but my thoughts failed to be provoked, I'm afraid.

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Andrés Baldíos

4Mar12

I didn't expect what I saw... I expected a Frontier(s)-Like exploitation movie with the same-old construction of a horrorfilm. I didn't expect the excellent acting, excellent make-up, suspense, thematics... and a brutally truthful portrait of people's veered and sickened perceptions of divinity. Like concentration camps for a few's selfishness and desire to know the truth. An excellent denounce of twisted beliefs!

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FNC 2008 - A Review of MARTYRS

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
A review of Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs, as seen at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal….
→ read on Twitchfilm.com

Review: Pascal Laugier's MARTYRS

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
The recent crop of French genre films like Frontière(s) and À l’intérieur (Inside) has been both condemned and praised for embracing new levels of graphic content. Whether one is a critic or supporter
→ read on Twitchfilm.com

Fantastic Fest 2008: Martyrs

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
While it seems that the bulk of the world is content to dish out boring and typical slasher and psycho killer horror films the French scene continues to push the envelope both in terms of graphic violence
→ read on Twitchfilm.com

Fantastic Fest 08: MARTYRS, Briefly

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Before it crashes and burns in an extended heap of steaming, stinking pretentious crap, Martyrs amply demonstrates that Pascal Laugier is a very talented director. As a writer, not so much. Up until that
→ read on Twitchfilm.com

TIFF Review: MARTYRS

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Like Nacho Cerda’s Aftermath, Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs is destined to acheive instant notoriety worldwide thanks to its unflinching, shockingly realistic depiction of some truly unsavory behavior. Also
→ read on Twitchfilm.com

Topping Today's List Of Very Bad Ideas: The Producer Of TWILIGHT Remaking MARTYRS.

By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
Oh, I dearly wish this was a joke but, sadly, it isn’t. Wyck Godfrey – the producer of Eragon, Dear John and the Twilight films – has hired Mark L Smith to script an American remake of Pascal Laugier’s……
→ read on Twitchfilm.com

Cue Inner Conflict. Daniel Stamm Attached To Direct US Remake Of MARTYRS

By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
This news pulls me quite hard in two different directions. Ready? Here we go:Bad news: One of the producers of Twilight is backing a US remake of Pascal Laugier’s grueling but brilliant Martyrs. This bit
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TWILIGHT Producer Calls MARTYRS "Not Remakeable", Doing It Anyway, Wants To Cast Kristen Stewart.

By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
Well, this is turning out as bad as could be expected.Back in May word came out that Twilight producer Wyck Godfrey was prepping a US remake of uber-extreme French horror flick Martyrs. That was enough
→ read on Twitchfilm.com

Topping Today's List Of Very Bad Ideas: The Producer Of TWILIGHT Remaking MARTYRS.

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Oh, I dearly wish this was a joke but, sadly, it isn’t. Wyck Godfrey – the producer of Eragon, Dear John and the Twilight films – has hired Mark L Smith to script an American remake of Pascal Laugier’s…
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

Review: Pascal Laugier's MARTYRS

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
The recent crop of French genre films like Frontière(s) and À l’intérieur (Inside) has been both condemned and praised for embracing new levels of graphic content. Whether one is a critic or supporter
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

TIFF Review: MARTYRS

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Like Nacho Cerda’s Aftermath, Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs is destined to acheive instant notoriety worldwide thanks to its unflinching, shockingly realistic depiction of some truly unsavory behavior. Also
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

Fantastic Fest 08: MARTYRS, Briefly

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Before it crashes and burns in an extended heap of steaming, stinking pretentious crap, Martyrs amply demonstrates that Pascal Laugier is a very talented director. As a writer, not so much. Up until that
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

Fantastic Fest 2008: Martyrs

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
While it seems that the bulk of the world is content to dish out boring and typical slasher and psycho killer horror films the French scene continues to push the envelope both in terms of graphic violence
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

FNC 2008 - A Review of MARTYRS

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
A review of Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs, as seen at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal.
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

TWILIGHT Producer Calls MARTYRS "Not Remakeable", Doing It Anyway, Wants To Cast Kristen Stewart.

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Well, this is turning out as bad as could be expected.Back in May word came out that Twilight producer Wyck Godfrey was prepping a US remake of uber-extreme French horror flick Martyrs. That was enough
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

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What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

By Chin Camposa​no on August 14, 2010

If I could give a foreword to the viewers about Martyrs – I won’t tell them not to watch it, because that would be a terrible loss if they let it pass. Instead, I’ll say they should go ahead and bear…  read review

'Martyrs' - Film Review

By Guy Ciné on May 26, 2010

Few films can arouse such horrific suspicion, create multitudes of tension, and address inherent psychological questions aswell as alternative existential philosophical theory whilst remaining suggestive…  read review

Care Bears Attack!

By Blasphe​mer on April 28, 2010

It’s Rainbow Brite and the Attack of the Care Bears! Pascal Laugier’s masterpiece strips away the trite blood and gore of traditional horror films, or rather, uses them correctly, as metaphors for…  read review

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