 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pascal Laugiers Martyrs yaive nyaya yekukakavadzana kwakafanana pakatanga kuratidzwa pa2008 Cannes Film Festival, apo nhau dzokutanga dzakasimbisa mhinduro dzakasiyana dzevaoni kumhirizhonga yefirimu uye misoro yemagariro. Anton Bitel weBritain weFilm4 akarumbidza firimu racho, achiti rinodzivisa kunzi zvinonyadzisira zvinonyadzisira nokungobvunza kuti mashoko iwayo angarevei, kuti angakwezva sei, uye kuti mibvunzoi - mibvunzo inokosha, kunyange yokufananidzira - yaangapindura. Jamie Graham weTotal Film akadana Martyrs kuti imwe yemifananidzo yakanyanyisa yakamboitwa, uye imwe yamafirimu anotyisa zvikurusa emakore gumi apfuura. Iye akachienzanisawo nefirimu rinonyadzisira rokutambudza nokuda kwavaravi veGuardian, rimwe iro raiva nechikwereti zvikuru kuna Francis Bacon naRaphael sezvarakanga rakaita kuvaenzani varo vorudzi rwacho. Mukupesana, munyori uye nyanzvi yemamuvhi Jon Towlson anoti Vakafira Kutenda vavariro dzezvematongerwe enyika hadzina kujeka, dzinopesana uye pakupedzisira hadzina maturo zvichienzaniswa nevavakararama navo. Kuita kuti vateereri vazvione, iye anodaro, ndicho chikonzero chokuvapo kwefirimu racho 