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Martyrs
2008
· Movie
· 99 min
C
MEANRANK
63/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3559
- IMDb #2199
- Google retired #2612
- Rotten Tomatoes #2637
- Metacritic #5165
- Letterboxd #1821
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3021
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2677
- Metacritic Audience #5104
- Criticker #1641
- AlloCiné #3346
Every rating
36–80
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic users on 36, highest is Google on 80.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A woman who suffered extreme abuse as a child seeks revenge on the family she believes responsible. After a violent confrontation, she and her best friend discover a secret society that is obsessed with discovering what lies beyond death through the systematic torture of young women. The film follows the harrowing ordeal of the friend as she becomes the latest subject of their horrific experiments.
Details
- Director
- Pascal Laugier
- Writer
- Pascal Laugier
- Studio
- Wild Bunch, TCB Films, Eskwad
- Released
- 12 June 2008
- Country
- France, Canada
- Language
- French, English
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6.5M
- Box office
- $1.1M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 15 →7 wins from 15 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Best Actress 2010 | Best Actress | Morjana Alaoui | Winner |
| Best Limited-Release/Direct-to-Video Film 2010 | Best Limited-Release/Direct-to-Video Film | Martyrs | Nominee |
| Best Makeup 2010 | Best Makeup | Bruno Gatien Sophie Lebeau Mélanie Rodrigue | Nominee |
| Best Makeup/Creature FX 2010 | Best Makeup/Creature FX | Benoît Lestang | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay 2010 | Best Screenplay | Pascal Laugier | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress 2010 | Best Supporting Actress | Mylène Jampanoï | Nominee |
| Best Director 2009 | Best Director | Pascal Laugier | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Film 2009 | Best Foreign Film | Martyrs | Nominee |
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Best Makeup
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Makeup | Benoît Lestang | Winner |
| Best Makeup | Benoît Lestang Adrien Morot | Winner |
| Best Makeup | Bruno Gatien Sophie Lebeau Mélanie Rodrigue | Nominee |
Best Screenplay
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Screenplay | Pascal Laugier | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Pascal Laugier | Winner |
Best Actress
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Morjana Alaoui | Winner |
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film: Gold
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film: Gold | Pascal Laugier | Winner |
Méliès d'Or
1 nomination, 1 won
| Méliès d'Or | Martyrs | Winner |
Best Supporting Actress
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actress | Mylène Jampanoï | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Catherine Bégin | Nominee |
Best Director
1 nomination
| Best Director | Pascal Laugier | Nominee |
Best Foreign Film
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Martyrs | Nominee |
Best Horror Film
1 nomination
| Best Horror Film | Martyrs | Nominee |
Best Limited-Release/Direct-to-Video Film
1 nomination
| Best Limited-Release/Direct-to-Video Film | Martyrs | Nominee |
Best Makeup/Creature FX
1 nomination
| Best Makeup/Creature FX | Benoît Lestang | Nominee |