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7.2 / 10 2h 38min

Drama

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.

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Review by user209hwh5h86e

Is this a man of virtue? Second part

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Review by user465ylbfy47u

In the finest tradition of Tarkovsky

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Review by cheerful

Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev has proved that he is not a one hit wonder !!!!

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Review by user555gb7r7td6

I have unlocked the enigma of the narrative, mid-review no less...

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Review by user36ugj66nvp

Epic Russian drama - not for the short of attention span. Anna Karenina stuff.

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Review by beautyqueen

A family leaves the city to vacation in the country

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Review by user982wf3rwkqx

Profound movie about relationships and destiny: 10 stars at "illustris Star Scale"

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Review by user437mf6ffrei

Agonising but thoroughly magnetic character observation, as those therein traipse through unremitting psychological territory resulting in compelling viewing.

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Review by user402wrrtakbf

A long haunting puzzle that's never really put together

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Review by user24483q5e1ny

Another interpretation,another tradition

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Review by lovelife

Where we learn that truth is always so subjective.

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Review by user10eyh9my2s

Love is God, but is God really love

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Review by ThunderousThylacine

Heavy, brutal reality from every angle.

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Review by GoldenGriffin

Zvyagintsev creates a stark, grave allegory of marital and familial disintegration

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Review by SunlitSparrow

Emotionally devastating - must-see cinema

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Review by kindheart

Better and more complex than "The Return"

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Review by user13o5qwd880

a terrible darkness here but the performances are as magical as the cinematography

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Review by user4745z1kclpe

The Banishment grants an expulsion of familial melodrama before ensuing tragedy.

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Review by user8191ly903oi

INCREDIBLY GOOD, a poetic, thrilling journey.

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Review by user923e694ko2x

disastrous ending and too heavy on religious symbolism

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