Atonement

Release Date: Friday, December 7, 2007

Christopher Hampton, Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Tim Bevan, Juno Temple, Joe Wright, Eric Fellner, Vanessa Redgrave, Betty White, Paul Webster, Brenda Blethyn

R Drama 2 hrs, 2 m

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Plot
In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia (Kiera Knightley). Cecilia, he hopes, has comparable feelings; all it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony - who has a crush on Robbie - is compelled to interfere, going so far as accusing Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but he is arrested - and with Briony bearing false witness, the course of three lives is changed forever. Briony continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love.
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The film's director Joe Wright last directed Cyrano and The Woman in the Window . The film's writer Christopher Hampton last wrote The Father and Adore.

Director
Joe Wright
Producers
Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Paul Webster
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Additional Information

MPA Rating
R Restricted for disturbing war images, language and some sexuality
Runtime
2 hrs, 2 m
Tagline
You can only imagine the truth.
Also known as
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Language
English

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  • Based on a novel by Ian McEwan.

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Completed

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Release Dates

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Atonement was released in on Friday, December 7, 2007 . There were 5 other movies released on the same date, including Revolver, The Golden Compass and Juno.



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Wed., Jun. 22, 2011

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Sun., Dec. 21, 2008

  • Added the soundtrack release date of December 4, 2007

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