Martha Marcy May Marlene

The movie is directed by Sean Durkin, starring Elizabeth Olsen one of my newly favorite actresses. The story is about a girl who escaped from an abusive hippie-like commune and tries to go back to normal life with the help from her sister and brother in law. Martha is haunted by painful memories emerging way too often  making it almost impossible for her to reunite with society and lead a normal life. Martha's sister (played by Sarah Paulson)  feeling guilty for not fully supporting her in the past tries hard with her husband to help but paranoia, panic attacks and creepy behavior is just too much to deal with for this shiny happy couple.

This is not a fun movie to watch. In fact it has some really disturbing scenes but if you love psychological dramas like I do you will enjoy it. The younger sister of Olsen twins delivers an amazing performance and you will also get to know with other interesting characters like a charismatic cult leader (played by John Hawkes) who is the one who lured Martha into the craziness.

What I loved about this movie is the way the story is told. We go back and forth from Martha's cult life to her paranoic present. The movie is beautifully shot so I will show you some of my favorite frames from there.

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Persepolis

Persepolis is an autobiographical animated feature of Marjani Satrapi who grew up in Iran witnessing historical events. Her country was first under Shah and then controlled by repressive Islamic fundamentalists. Marjani, an outspoken, confident and drawn to Western culture finds it hard to identify herself with her nation, she even refuses to stay out of trouble so she's sent to Europe by her parents so she's able to openly express her ideas and be lead a full life. Changes aren't easy for her, she struggles to fit in. Marjani finds her new friends superficial, taking their freedom and careless life for granted.

This is basically a story of a woman who tries to find herself and the society where she belongs. We all know how hard it can be to fit in and find what you truly want but it gets even harder when you're torn between your roots and rebellious nature.

I loved the visual style of the movie, it is simple and quite minimalistic but expresses so much.

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                        Diane Kruger

                       Camilla Belle

                       Eva Longoria

                       Katherine Heigl

                        Kirsten Dunst

                      Rachel Bilson

                         Alexa Chung

                      Anne Hathaway

                        Elisa Sednaoui

                    Poppy Delevigne

                         Emma Stone

              Nina Dobrev and Emma Watson

                       Odette Annable

                         Zoe Saldana

                        Doutzen Kroes

                   Sarah Jessica Parker