Martyrs Beyond Genres #22

"They did not finish to be alive..."

Lucie, a frail, frightened, adolescent girl flees an abandoned slaughterhouse. Her opaque skin suggests she has been missing for many months. She is found filthy, starved, and unresponsive. Something horrific has happened to her. But what? Flash-forward 15 years later when the quiet tranquillity of a home nestled in a sparsely populated French forest is interrupted by a knock at the door its Lucie, embarking on a gory quest for revenge.Pascal Laugiers 2008 sophomore feature garnered a notorious reputation after audience members attending the premiere at the Festival de Cannes were left wide-eyed and mouth agape. Its reception so shocking, it was immediately threatened with censorship in its home country, with calls for the director to be imprisoned. MARTYRS is a brutally confronting and provocative example of the French New Extremity a work of dark brilliance and vile beauty. A genre-defining classic so profoundly traumatising, it transcends all constraints of your average horror film and dives into the murky depths of human degradation and suffering.

Details

Format: Blu Ray
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Rating: R18+
Release Date: 07 09 2022
Production Year: 2008
Run Time: 99
Languages: English
Rating Advice: High Impact Violence| Torture Themes
Distributor: Umbrella Entertainment
Directors: Pascal Laugier

Actors: Morjana Alaoui, Mylene Jampanoi, Catherine Begin