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Martha

A bond marked by fear!

1974 · 1h 56m · N/A Drama, TV Movie, Thriller
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her.

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86%
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Fresh

You don't have to agree with its premise -- that middle-class marriage equals sadomasochism -- to respond to the bravura comic glee with which the director lays it out.

Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh

A horrific black comedy -- a devastating view of bourgeois marriage rendered in a delirious baroque style.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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