

If you've finished the game, you know that it's very likely Martha never existed at all and Giulia is an only child (though nothing is certain as Giulia proves unable to determine what is real and what isn't). Related: Hidden Details Everyone Missed In House Of Ashes He cites her use of tarot cards - which he views as witchcraft - as the reason for his suspicion. Don Attilio says he thinks the nanny had something to do with the incident at the lake, even though she is watching the family's main house and is nowhere near the villa. We are first introduced to him when Giulia listens in on a phone call between him and Irene. But, ah, there's always more than meets the eye.Although he never appears onscreen, the family's priest in San Casciano plays an important role in the story.

But perhaps that makes the film only more intriguing-running away brought her to this society, and of course it looks fine on the outside, with it's acceptable living conditions and always a "family' of sorts around you. It may have even benefited from taking that dive a bit further, let us know just how paranoid and altered Martha is, and especially contrasting that with the old Martha, and the only complaint I might have is that we never get to see what the original Martha was like it is only inferred as to why she would even accept and join this group in the first place, or what exactly she was running away from. The scariest thing about Martha Marcy May Marlene is that it actually could happen. Jody Lee Lipes' cinematography is eerily distant and then uncomfortably close the mixed bag reflects Martha's psyche in an interesting way. She gives quiet moments great momentum, and is an actress to keep an eye on. Elizabeth Olsen does a helluva job as Martha, giving her dewey eyed complexity, both bewilderment, shock, disgust, and intrigue. It is the isolation and the trouble that comes with that, that Martha really suffers from- the cult has a certain way of thinking and the film geniously explores the psychological persuasion into a way of thinking the way that the cult tries to make their ethics and morality universal is a terrifying, and intriguing thing. An intriguing analytical mess of reality, memory, and fantasy, Martha Marcy May Marlene is about a paranoia, an extreme desire to escape the past, though it always comes back to haunt you. The really crazy thing about this film is that it's quietness is only juxtaposed by the really messed up things that are happening in the plot.

Durkin's sensibility as a director shines with this film, and shows undeniable promise.

Sean Durkin's first feature is quite the trip.
