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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   1,502 votes
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Director:
Andrei Zvyagintsev
Writers:
William Saroyan (book) and
Artyom Melkumian (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
23 November 2007 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
If you want to kill, kill. If you want to forgive, forgive.
Plot:
A trip to the pastoral countryside reveals a dark, sinister reality for a family from the city. | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Gorgeous movie more (11 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Konstantin Lavronenko ... Alex
Aleksandr Baluyev ... Mark
Maksim Shibayev ... Kir
Maria Bonnevie ... Vera
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yekaterina Kulkina (as Katya Kulkina)
Yelena Lyadova ... Vera (voice)
Andrey Shibarshin ... Max
Dmitri Ulyanov
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Изгнание (Russia)
The Banishment (International: English title)
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Runtime:
157 min | Canada:150 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
Russia
Language:
Russian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Filming Locations:
Belgium more
Company:
Hélicotronc more

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Featured in "Metropolis: Cannes 2007 - Special" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Für Alina more

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18 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
Gorgeous movie, 23 December 2007
10/10
Author: Vlad Roman from Romania

One doesn't have to be brilliant to understand Andrei Zvyagintsev's movies, still one must be very flexible with his own cultural background if interested to comprehend the images Zvyagintsev makes use of. So, my vote (10) goes especially for this aspect, with a minimal astriction for the screenplay, slightly overexposed. Altogether, the director proved he is able to move to different fields.

After The Return, I expected to see another close-to-Tarkovski picture, but it's not the case. Izgnanie rebuilds other spaces (think of the affinity for the Flemish and the Dutch painters, even if somehow altered in the old Russian manner) and distributes along the images a new and equally strong despondency. The images are just superb, with hundreds of important details in need to be discussed. My feeling is that nothing goes for the characters as they are continuously overwritten by their own disability to surpass the air they themselves have exhaled.

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