Film Club: 8pm Sun 14 Dec 2008
The Banishment 
(Rus 2007) Dir: Andrei Zvyagintsev, 156 mins, subtitles
Konstantin Lavronenko, Aleksandr Baluyev, Maksim Shibayev
The second film from the director of the acclaimed The Return. Alex (Lavronenko) takes his wife and children to stay at his Father's old house in the Russian countryside. The idyllic surroundings provide a retreat from the city and Alex's ties with the criminal underground. The peace is shattered when wife Vera reveals that she is pregnant by another man. |
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Tormented by his love for his family, Alex's masculine pride leads to tragic consequences. "Confirms Zvyagintsev as a director of world stature" Telegraph
