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Synopsis: Martha has run away from an abusive hippie-like cult where she was living as Marcy May for two years. She turns to her sister and brother-in-law who take her in and want to help her. The problem is Martha is having a hard time separating dreams from reality and when haunting memories of her past keep resurfacing, she may need more help than anyone is able to give her.
Director(s): Sean Durkin
Production: Fox Searchlight
  22 wins & 70 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
2011
102 min
$2,981,038
Website
694 Views


It's not dry.

It just needs a little bit more salt,

that's all.

She seems better today.

Yeah.

I wish I didn't have to go tomorrow.

Well, let me take you.

No.

I don't want her to be alone.

You'll be nice to her, right?

I'm always nice.

Oh.

I know you feel like something bad

just happened, Marcy May.

But you have to trust me,

that wasn't bad.

That was truly good.

We've all been in this situation.

We wouldn't all still be here

if what happened in that room was bad.

We all love each other very much.

We're all together on this.

You have to trust us.

Do you believe me?

Yeah.

You're so lucky.

I'd give anything

to have my first time again.

Really?

Yeah.

It's so special.

I can't remember anything.

I just woke up and felt this pain.

That's the cleansing.

It's good. It means it's working

if you can't remember things.

You're cleansing yourself of the past

and the toxins.

You need to share yourself.

Don't be selfish.

I'm not.

So smile, then.

Enjoy this amazing night.

It only happens once.

Thanks.

Is that a new one, Max?

There's one right there.

Yeah. Is that a new song?

Yeah, I wrote it yesterday.

That was the first half.

Great.

That was nice.

Thanks, man.

Yeah.

All right.

This is called "Marcy's Song".

Well, she's

She's just a picture

Who lives

Lives on my wall

Well, she's

She's just a picture

The reason, reason,

reason it is so small

The smile's so inviting

Ana' her body so rah'

Well, she's

She's just a picture

Just a picture

That's all

Well, you stand there

Stand there with the nightshade

Her dripping

Dripping down your hands

You ask me

Ask me about the lightning

The lady, lady, lady,

she understands

So dream for the future

Water for the sand

And the strangeness is wandering

Through many calling lands

You've been saying

the same thing to me for two months...

and I still don't have them.

I'm going into the meeting

in 14 f***ing days.

Great. No, that's all I wanted to hear.

Thank you.

- What're you doing?

- Cleaning.

I thought I'd help out more.

All right.

Ahh. I'm gonna take the boat out.

Do you wanna come'?

Is Lucy coming?

Uh, no, she had to run to the city.

Oh.

Come on,

I'll teach you how to drive the boat.

It's okay.

Come on.

Sorry.

It's going, it's going, it's going.

Okay. Okay.

All right.

Okay. All right. Okay.

Want one?

Yeah.

How's it been with Lucy?

Fine.

Is it strange to spend time together?

No. Why?

It's been a long time.

I don't know. It's normal, I guess.

Where is she?

She's at the doctor.

Why?

Getting a checkup.

We are trying to have a baby.

What?

I just can'! imagine it.

Lucy holding a baby.

Why?

Well, she wouldn't know

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Sean Durkin

Sean Durkin (born December 9, 1981) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He won the Dramatic Directing Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for Martha Marcy May Marlene. His short film, Mary Last Seen, on the same theme as Martha, won the award for best short film at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight. In 2013 Durkin directed the Channel 4 drama series Southcliffe starring Sean Harris and Rory Kinnear. more…

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