A young boy picks up his father's camera, with which he accidentally films a dying romance between a man and a woman-
Direction
Zvyagintsev's first English work—precise, cruel, beautiful.
Cinematography
Child's-eye framing that makes you complicit.
Acting
Gugino's silent devastation in a hotel room.

Director
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zvyagintsev made this between The Return and The Banishment, testing his visual language in English before Elena.
The title refers to biblical texts excluded from canon—fitting for a film about stories children witness but cannot process.