Martha Marcy May Marlene (MMMM) is a peculiar movie title for an uniquely complicated thriller  and is writer/director Sean Durkin‘s debut film It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011 where it received the Best Director award  has won numerous awards and garnered many nominations  including Best First Feature  Best Female Lead (Elizabeth Olsen)  and Best Supporting Male (John Hawkes) at the 2012 Spirit Awards