The Banishment ( Izgnanie )

The Banishment (DVD) (*)

$25.99

Original Title: Izgnanie
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
European Film Awards
Moscow International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
146 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Russia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Andrei Zvyagintsev

Written By:
William Saroyan
Artyom Melkumian

Actors:
Konstantin Lavronenko ..... Alex
Aleksandr Baluyev ..... Mark
Maksim Shibayev ..... Kir
Maria Bonnevie ..... Vera
Yekaterina Kulkina ..... Vera (voice)
Yelena Lyadova ..... Max
Andrey Shibarshin
Dmitri Ulyanov

Synopsis:

On the heels of his award-winning 2003 feature debut The Return, filmmaker Andrei Zvyagintsev struggles to avoid the sophomore slump with this art-house crime drama concerning two brothers struggling to keep their lives together in the face of certain disaster. Soon after extracting a bullet from his brother's arm, Alex (Konstantin Lavroneko) relocates his family from the city to his father's old house in the countryside. As the family settles into their rustic existence, Alex's wife Vera (Maria Bonnevie) reveals that she is pregnant by another man. Enraged by his wife's announcement, Alex consults with his brother and demands that Vera terminate the pregnancy. When the forced abortion goes horribly awry and Alex's brother suffers a severe heart attack, a confrontation with the man Alex believes to have seduced his wife send events quickly spiraling out of control.

A husband brings his wife and two children to the countryside to stay in his father's old house. In contrast to their urban home, the new setting is all about nature. It is all about rolling hills, a prehistoric sea, and fertile land, all lying in the ruins of dislike. It does not let on but it will demand great sacrifice.

Drama. A man whose return to the countryside where he spent his childhood is shattered when he discovers his wife is pregnant by another man.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 04 April, 2009.

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