(Sean
Durkin/2011/USA)
After
two years off the grid Martha resurfaces and contacts her sister.
She’s been living in a cult and as we watch her difficulty
reintegrating to normal life her time with the cult is shown in
parallel through flashbacks. This is an understated film that gently
observes as Martha’s paranoia increases in tandem with the memories
of indoctrination into more and more unorthodox behaviour. The cuts
from the summer house to the cult house are done well and the scenery
and ambient sounds heighten the sense of immersion in the settings which works brilliantly. It swells to an ambiguous ending which is
just right with fine performances from Olsen, Hawkes, Aulson and
Dancy.
(3/5)
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