Quinze ans après une traumatisante expérience d’enlèvement et de torture, Lucie se lance dans une quête sanglante de vengeance contre ses oppresseurs.

Associated with the New French Extremity movement—to which Gaspar Noé, Bruno Dumont, and François Ozon also belong—this low-budget horror hit cinemas amid controversy back in 2008. With a script by Mark L Smith (The Revenant), Martyrs plays with the rules of the genre to haunting effect.