The Banishment

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The Banishment

"If you want to kill, kill. If you want to forgive, forgive."

2008

2h 38m

7.1(155 votes)

Drama

Overview

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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20 members

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Константин Лавроненко

Alex

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Александр Балуев

Mark

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Maria Bonnevie

Vera

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Дмитрий Ульянов

Robert

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Виталий Кищенко

German

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Maksim Shibayev

Kir

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Алексей Вертков

Max

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Игорь Сергеев

Viktor

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Yekaterina Kulkina

Eva

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Ira Gonto

Liza

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Svetlana Kashelkina

Faina

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Ярослава Николаева

Frida

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Elizabet Dantsinger

Flora

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Ольга Лапшина

Peasant Woman

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Максим Дрозд

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Вячеслав Бутенко

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Anatoly Gorgul

Georgy

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Игорь Огурцов

Young Igor

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Игорь Савочкин

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Art

Андрей Понкратов

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