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TIFF '08: 'Martyrs' Gets Rare 18A Rating in France
Thursday, September 11, 2008


By: MrDisgusting
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After the premiere of his French horror film, Martyrs (review), Director Pascal Laugier took the stage in front of nearly 1,400 screaming fans, who gave the film a standing ovation. During the Q+A session, which took a very interesting turn (more on that soon), Laugier told the audience that the film received an "18A" rating in France - the equivalent to an X-rating here in the States. What's even more shocking is that MARTYRS is the first film to receive the rating without containing a single scene of sex. From what we're told, this is as close to being banned as you can get. Thank God the film has been sold in nearly 40 countries, including here in the States, where Dimension Films will release it on DVD next year. Click the title above for a review, poster, stills and more. Also check out our TIFF news page for everything covered in the past week.



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slapyou
3:25am, September 11, 2008

Sounds good to me.


markjesus
3:46am, September 11, 2008

It actually got a 16+ rating on appeal


EvilSpock
8:14am, September 11, 2008

so what happened during the Q&A?


69Ghosts
10:07am, September 11, 2008

bring that shit. def wana see tis flick


djblack1313
11:29am, September 11, 2008

god, i can't wait to buy/see this movie! i usually go on the IMDB boards and love to get spoilers and info on a movie, but with this one i'm staying spoiler free. it supposedly has a major things going on w/ the plot, so i want to be surprised and wrecked (in a good way!). i hope the Weinsteins (Dimension) doesn't sit on this for a ridiculous amount of time, like they did with Rogue.


coldblood
12:59pm, September 11, 2008

You know we want it. And like djblack1313, I'm trying to know as little as possible before I see it so I can get the full effect when I do. Lionsgate should be ashamed of itself (even more that usual) for letting Dimension Extreme grab all the good stuff lately.


DBlock
1:55pm, September 11, 2008

This looks amazing. I can't wait!


jarofsap
4:31pm, September 11, 2008

Got my ticket for saturday!


jarofsap
4:31pm, September 11, 2008

Got my ticket for saturday!


djblack1313
4:52pm, September 11, 2008

jarofsap, you have to let us know what you think of it (hopefully spoiler free, of course!). have a good time!


aeiou
11:43pm, September 11, 2008

I, too, was at the screening of Martyrs at TIFF during the Midnight Madness programme on September 10. I would have shared my thoughts of the film but my newbie status prevents me from adding to the Foreign Horror section of the forums. I even removed the URLs in the post too. Oh well. I'm sure other people will chime in with their views.


joe31183
1:20pm, September 26, 2008

I didn't think it was anything special. And I really don't know why there was such a harsh rating for the violence because I hardly squirmed at all.


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