This publication contains fragments of the interview with Oleg Negin, a screenwriter, the co-author of "The Banishment" directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev. The full text will be published in the collected articles «Andrey Zvyagintsev's Cinema». The interview with Oleg explores the main stages of a creative process: the emerging of the idea (a mysterious and intimate period in the life of an artist), its realization in the script "The Banishment", the collaboration with the director A. Zvyagintsev, the production of the film. Special attention is paid to the evaluation of the result and the acquired experience