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A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.


“They haven't finished being alive.”
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

Morjana Alaoui
Anna Assaoui

Mylène Jampanoï
Lucie Jurin

Catherine Bégin
Mademoiselle

Robert Toupin
Father

Patricia Tulasne
Mother

Juliette Gosselin
Marie

Xavier Dolan
Antoine

Jean-Marie Moncelet
Étienne
Jessie Pham
Young Lucie
Erika Scott
Young Anna
Martyrs is a horror, drama, thriller film released in 2008 exploring themes of child abuse, suffering, nihilism, degradation, ecstasy, woman martyr. Directed by Pascal Laugier, it stars Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin. A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
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