Venice Film Festival 2007 - Nominated - Golden Lion
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Atonement
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Film SynopsisOn 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. Get Involved |
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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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Directed by
Joe Wright
Produced by
Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Writing credits
Christopher Hampton
Cast
| Keira Knightley | ||
| James McAvoy | ||
| Romola Garai | ||
| Brenda Blethyn | ||
| Vanessa Redgrave | ||
| Juno Temple | ||
| Gina McKee | ||
| Benedict Cumberbatch |
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
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
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
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
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
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
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