Leah, 10, lives in a large vicarage, full of lost souls and the needy, with her parents, busy with their ministry and her older sister. In the day the house is bustling with people; at night it is dark, empty, a space for Leah's nightmares to creep into. Leah can't quite work out why something feels missing in her relationship with her mother, however hard she tries. When a small, nightly visitor appears, Leah feels duty bound to receive them with kindness – and a little game between them begins in which Leah is set a nightly task. With each task, Leah's knowledge grows – knowledge that unpicks at the broken relationship she has with her mother, and threatens to destabilize the world as she knows it.
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- Original Title: Martyrs Lane
- Genres: Horror
- Production Year: 2021
- Country of Origin: United Kingdom
- Language Spoken: English
- Duration: 95
- Shot On: Arri Alexa
- Screen Ratio: 1.85
- Format: DCP 5.1
- Director: Ruth Platt
- Cast: Kiera Thompson, Denise Gough, Sienna Sayer, Steven Cree, Hannah Rae, Anastasia Hille
- Director of Photography: Márk Györi
- Film Editors: Andonis Trattos
- Sound Editors: Ben Baird
- Script Writers: Ruth Platt
- Production Company: Ipso Facto Productions
- Producers: Christine Alderson, Katie Hodgkin
- Composers: Anne Müller
- Executive Producers: Lizzie Francke, Norman Merry, Peter Hampton, Ian Sharp, Rebecca Joerin-Sharp, Emma Dutton
- Financiers: BFI, Lipsync, Sharp House
Festivals
Martyrs Lane at festivals
2021:Razor Reel Film Festival, Belgium
Dinard Festival of British Films, France
Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK
Fantasia International Film Festival, Canada
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