# The Banishment (2008)

> A remote family retreat becomes an austere moral reckoning when a husband's faith in his marriage collapses.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/14897

## Facts

- Runtime: 158 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Cast: Konstantin Lavronenko, Aleksandr Baluev, Maria Bonnevie, Dmitri Ulyanov, Vitaly Kishchenko, Maksim Shibayev, Aleksey Vertkov, Igor Sergeev
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488905/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: bleak, contemplative, oppressive, quiet evening, serious film night

## Synopsis

A haunting tale of betrayal and moral conflict unfolds in the quiet countryside.

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