Atonement

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Venice Film Festival 2007 - Nominated - Golden Lion

Atonement

Director:
Joe Wright
R, 130 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen–year–old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house.

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Runtime:
130 min.

Genres:
Drama
Romance
War

Country:
UNITED KINGDOM

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

Certification:
R

Tagline

You can only imagine the truth.

 

Plot Summary

Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper‘s son Robbie Turner, a childhood friend who, along with Briony‘s sister, has recently graduated from Cambridge. By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had never before dared to approach and will have become victims of the younger girl‘s scheming imagination, and Briony will have committed a dreadful crime, the guilt for which will colour her entire life.

 

 

 

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  • Atonement

    The day that I saw I Am Legend, I saw a clip from Atonement on television that unsold me on seeing the full film. Earlier tonight, I was walking by a cinema playing Atonement, as it was about to start. I like James McAvoy (Last King of Scotland) and Keira ... read more

  • Overrated...

    With all the award nominations this film get, I was really hoping to see the next Titanic. Not even close, well... It is good story line, but I guess it will be better off played by different actress, Kiera just looking way too beautifull and serious for this role. The ... read more

  • Not the Same Old Song

    When I walked into the Angelika Plano to view Atonement, it was rumored to my ears to be the next Titanic. Some may view this as a good thing, but I did not. Now, perhaps my problems with Titanic were directly related to the poisonous girlfriend I had at the ... read more

  • Nominated Indeed

    Incredible movie - and really stunning in its depiction of the novel of the same title. Knightley and McAvoy surely deserve their Golden Globe Nominations and perform at the height of their potential here, depicting lovers separated by a lie and the lives that are each lived in Atonement due ... read more

  • Kiera does it again!

    Other than the slow parts (1 or 2) this movie was excellent. The cinimatography was awesome and it was different in the sequence of each scene. The characters were deep and intriguing and the plot has a nice twist at the end. I just saw today that it got 7 ... read more

  • Atonement

    Monday, December 10, 2007 Atonement This movie’s theme has been used by all the Soap Opera writers in all and every one of the languages of this Earth This came with a Britt’s stamp: Proper The movie is properly dull, is properly boring and is properly un-engaging. Also, I noticed ... read more

  • Texgotham

    This film is impressive and will leave you thinking. I was left with the question: Can rationalization substitue for atonement? It is a romance with elements of a number of stories and films interwoven into the plot. The story revolves around three characters: Keira Knightly as Cecilia, James McAvoy as ... read more