In the tense thriller The Marsh King’s Daughter, a woman with a secret past will venture into the wilderness she left behind to confront the most dangerous man she’s ever met: her father. In the film, Helena’s (Daisy Ridley) seemingly ordinary life hides a dark and dangerous truth: her estranged father is the infamous Marsh King (Ben Mendelsohn), the man who kept her and her mother captive in the wilderness for years. When her father escapes from prison, Helena will need to confront her past. Knowing that he will hunt for her and her family, Helena must find the strength to face her demons and outmaneuver the man who taught her everything she knows about surviving in the wild.
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00:00 (gentle music)
00:02 - What's got him?
00:03 - It's a habitat.
00:04 - Who's the habitat for?
00:06 - A baby deer.
00:07 Sleeps over here beside the rocks
00:10 to keep it safe from hunters.
00:12 - Smart deer.
00:13 - Helena Erickson?
00:22 - What are you doing in my house?
00:23 - What's going on?
00:24 - Your father, Jacob Holbrook.
00:26 When was the last time you spoke to him?
00:27 - When I was 10 years old.
00:29 - I'm confused Seth,
00:30 how much your parents died in a car accident.
00:32 - That's what I told you.
00:33 - Holbrook, he's the Marsh King guy
00:37 that I heard about on the radio.
00:38 - He and another prisoner escaped last night.
00:40 - Jacob Holbrook, the so-called Marsh King,
00:47 abducted Beth Erickson and held her for 12 years
00:50 in the wilderness with the daughter she gave birth to
00:52 while in captivity.
00:53 - Hope I'm not trespassing or anything.
00:55 - We have to go, please.
00:56 - Stop, father!
00:59 (Helena screams)
01:00 - I think he's coming for me.
01:02 - I wish you would have told me the truth.
01:07 - He gave me this after my first kill.
01:09 These were the only tears my father ever wanted to see.
01:13 - You'll always be my little shadow.
01:17 - Now I realized a person I believed in the most
01:20 was really a monster.
01:22 - This means we're family.
01:23 - It means owned, not family.
01:27 Don't confuse the two.
01:28 (dramatic music)
01:31 - What's going on, Helena?
01:34 - I feel like he's here.
01:36 - Miracle!
01:36 - Has that been in your room the whole time?
01:41 - Mm-hmm.
01:42 - You must always protect your family.
01:46 - Oh, God.
01:53 - Helena, it's me.
01:54 - This is where we belong.
01:58 - I waited my whole life to see you again.
02:00 I wasn't sure what I would feel when I did.
02:03 - We can still all be a family.
02:12 (dramatic music)
02:15 (dramatic music)
02:18 (dramatic music)
02:20 (dramatic music)