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Name: Martyrs
Director: Pascal Laugier
Genre: drama, horror, thriller
Released: 2008
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Rating: 7

Martyrs has an iRankMovies score of 69.2/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Martyrs (2008)

They haven't finished being alive.

Release:2008

Runtime:1h 39m

Country:Canada

Director:Pascal Laugier

Language:French

Genre

DramaHorrorThriller

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Keywords

Child AbuseSufferingNihilismDegradationEcstasyWoman MartyrCultHysteria

iRank69

Martyrs rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7/10· 114K votes

Rotten Tomatoes66%

TMDb7.304/10· 3K votes

With 66% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Martyrs

A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

Cast of Martyrs

Morjana Alaoui
as Anna Assaoui
Mylène Jampanoï
as Lucie Jurin
Catherine Bégin
as Mademoiselle
Robert Toupin
as Father
Patricia Tulasne
as Mother
Juliette Gosselin
as Marie
Xavier Dolan
as Antoine
Jean-Marie Moncelet
as Étienne
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Jessie Pham
as Young Lucie
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Erika Scott
as Young Anna
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Louise Boisvert
as Anna's Mother (voice)
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Isabelle Chasse
as Creature

Martyrs facts

Budget: $6.5M
Box office: $1.1M
Collection: Martyrs

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Horror thriller delivers intense psychological atmosphere throughout runtime
•Drama explores dark themes with unflinching commitment to vision
•Thriller pacing maintains sustained tension and mounting dread

What the audience disliked

•Extreme violence and abuse depictions may alienate sensitive viewers significantly
•Horror tone becomes relentlessly bleak without sufficient narrative balance

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