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Atonement

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Original title

Atonement

Year

2007

Running time

123 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Joe Wright

Screenwriter

Christopher Hampton. Novel: Ian McEwan

Cast

Music

Dario Marianelli

Cinematography

Seamus McGarvey

Producer

Co-production United Kingdom-United States;

Working Title Films, Universal Pictures, Studiocanal, Relativity Studios

Genre

Romance. Drama. War | Romantic Drama. II World War. Epic film. 1930s

Movie Groups

Ian McEwan Adaptations

Synopsis

On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) sees her older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley) strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. 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.

Rankings Position

#122 Best War Movies/War Film
#131 Best Movies and TV Series about the Second World War

Awards: 2007: Academy Awards: Oscar Best Soundtrack. 7 Nominations.

2007: Venice Film Festival: Official Selection.

2007: 2 Golden Globes: Best Movie Drama, Soundtrack. 7 Nominations.

2007: 2 BAFTA Awards: Best Movie, Production Design. 14 Nominations.

2007: Critics' Choice Awards: 5 Nominations, including Picture and Director

2007: National Board of Review: Top 10 - Movies of the Year

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17 My Top 10 Movies from 2007 (306)
18 My Favorite Romantic Dramas (175)
41 My Favorite British & Irish Movies (49)
50 My Favorite Book to Film Adaptation (41)
84 Best Movies I've Seen in Theaters Lately (23)
94 Movies with Amazing Cinematography (44)

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