Movie

The Banishment

2008 · 158 min

A cold, slow, quietly devastating plunge into a marriage's collapse, with long silences and dread hanging over every frame.

Tagline: If you want to kill, kill. If you want to forgive, forgive.
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.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Betrayal, family, guilt, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
family
guilt
isolation
morality
Places: countryside
single country house
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild