2007 · drama
The Banishment
Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev2h 38m2007
While vacationing in the countryside at his childhood home, a woman suddenly reveals to her husband that she is expecting a child – but not his.
Our read: The Banishment (2007) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- bleak
- signature
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“You want painterly Russian family dread that rewards patience with annihilating clarity.”
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