The Banishment(2008)
If you want to kill, kill. If you want to forgive, forgive.
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.
Movie: The Banishment
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Mark
Vera
Robert
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Max
Viktor
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