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🎬 atonement
(2007 | 2h 3m)

Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) is a young girl living with her wealthy family in England during the summer of 1935. From her bedroom window, she witnesses a mysterious encounter between her older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley) and Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), the son of the family’s housekeeper.

Unable to fully understand what she has seen, Briony’s imagination leads her to make a devastating accusation against Robbie. Her words change the lives of everyone involved, separating Cecilia and Robbie and sending Robbie into a future he never deserved.

Years later, Briony carries the weight of what she did. As World War II unfolds, she becomes determined to make amends for the damage she caused, but some mistakes cannot simply be undone.

Told across different periods of their lives, Atonement explores the devastating consequences of a single lie and the enduring power of love, guilt, memory, and regret.

Set against the backdrop of pre-war England and World War II, Atonement is a haunting romantic drama about love separated by circumstance, the burden of guilt, and the desperate desire to rewrite the past.

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Casting:
James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave, Juno Temple.

Crew:
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: Christopher Hampton
Based on: Atonement by Ian McEwan
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster
Cinematography: Seamus McGarvey
Music: Dario Marianelli
Production: Working Title Films, Relativity Media.

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