The second film from Zvyagintsev. The theme is very similar to his debut "The return" (2003). The story is a family drama. There are hints that the man has criminal connections. The question arises if the man can be trusted as a family man?
In "The return" his sons have to answer this question, in "The banishment" it is his wife. The two sons come to different answers. His wife is swaying back and forth between different answers. That gives her a dual personality and makes "The banishment" less convincing than "The return".
In "The return" his sons have to answer this question, in "The banishment" it is his wife. The two sons come to different answers. His wife is swaying back and forth between different answers. That gives her a dual personality and makes "The banishment" less convincing than "The return".