The Banishment

The Banishment(2008)

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

7.2/10
159 votes
158 minMarch 27, 2008

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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