The Shunning

The Shunning

An unknown past... An uncertain future

201188 min6.1 / 10

A family-secrets drama centered on identity and belonging, exploring the emotional collision between an Amish girl's sheltered life and the revelation of her adoption.

Beautiful Katie Lapp has always felt something missing in her simple Amish existence -- until a mysterious "Englisher" comes to Lancaster County looking for the baby girl she gave up for adoption 19 years ago.

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