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The Tale
Why this pick
Its fractured recollection and quietly escalating unease echo Martha’s unstable boundary between remembered experience and present-day self-protection.
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MOVIE2011 1h 41m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A 22 year old woman named Martha escapes from a cult in the Catskill mountains to a nearby town. In a diner, she is confronted by a cult member who attempts to persuade her to return, but she refuses. Martha calls her sister, Lucy. Lucy picks her up and takes her to the vacation lake house in Connecticut that she shares with her husband, Ted.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Elizabeth Olsen
Martha
Sarah Paulson
Lucy
Maria Dizzia
Katie
Julia Garner
Sarah
Christopher Abbott
Max
Adam David Thompson
Bartender
Allen McCullough
Man in Home #2
Tobias Segal
Cult Member