Atonement [2007 film]
by Joe Wright (Director), Christopher Hampton (Screenwriter), Ian McEwan (Author)
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In 1935, thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis 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, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. He hopes that Cecilia has comparable feelings. All it will take is one spark for this relationship to show more combust. When it does, Briony - who has a crush on Robbie, is compelled to interfere. She goes so far as to accuse Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but, ultimately, he is arrested. Briony bears false witness and the course of three lives is changed forever. As Briony grow older, she 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. show lessTags
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As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
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I can understand why Atonement is praised for its understanding of the human psyche, especially that of a thirteen-year-old girl. Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan), aspiring writer, thinks she's a lot older. But as she witnesses the flirtatious relationship between her older sister, Cecilia (Keira Knightly), and the son of their servant, Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), in the summer of 1935, she cannot fully grasp the complexities of adult relationships. Her imagination takes control and she tells a lie that wrongly accuses Robbie of rape. The rest of the film follows the repercussions of Briony's crime, spanning from World War II to the end of the twentieth century. There is an ability to tap into human psychology, and the organization of show more this plot detracts from the full emotional impact of Briony's actions. Cecilia and Robbie try and maintain a relationship during the war, and Briony tries to reconcile with her sister. Overall, I wasn't too impressed by the story, and, though it does carefully detail emotion, I wasn't blown away by it like most spectators seemed to be. show less
Aug 11, 2025English (UK)
Basato sul romanzo best seller di Ian McEwan (2001), questo film della seconda guerra mondiale comprende 4 parti e racconta una storia di amore tragico. Cecilia Tallis (Keira Knightley), una giovane aristocratica inglese e Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), figlio promettente della governante, laureata a Oxford, grazie alla generosità del padre di Cecilia, sono legati l'un l'altro nonostante la loro differenza nella classe sociale. Poco dopo che i due rivelano i loro sentimenti reciproci, sono costretti a subire le conseguenze di una bugia infantile: la sorella minore di Cecilia, Briony, che pensa di vedere Robbie maltrattare sua sorella. Per realizzare questa interpretazione errata, alcune scene del film sono mostrate più volte da show more prospettive diverse: la prospettiva di Briony e la prospettiva reale. Espiazione ha inaugurato il Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Venezia del 2007 (il regista 35enne Joe Wright 35 è stato il più giovane regista ad aver aperto questo prestigioso festival) e il Vancouver International Film Festival del 2007. Miglior vincitore del film drammatico. show less
Mar 5, 2018Italian
Inghilterra, 1935, è il giorno più caldo dell'anno. Briony Tallis e la sua famiglia conducono una vita agiata e serena, fino a quando una falsa accusa distrugge il rapporto tra la sorella maggiore di Briony e il fidanzato. (fonte: Wikipedia)
Apr 14, 2020Italian
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Born on January 26, 1946 in Fayal in the Azores, Christopher Hampton graduated from New College, Oxford, with a Modern Languages degree in 1968. After a stint as the resident dramatist at the Royal Court from 1968 to 1970, Hampton began a career as a playwright, soon becoming interested in screenwriting, directing, and producing. As a playwright, show more Hampton wrote more than a dozen tales including When Did You Last See My Mother?, Tales from Hollywood, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Alice's Adventures Under Ground. In 1988, Hampton decided to take his hit play Les Liaisons Dangereuses to the big screen. The resulting movie, Dangerous Liaisons, which Hampton also co-produced, featured Michelle Pfeiffer and John Malkovich in leading roles. Hampton has also written the screenplays for the movies A Doll's House, a story based on Henrik Ibsen's popular play, The Secret Agent and Carrington, both of which Hampton also directed, and Mary Reilly, which starred Julia Roberts. Christopher Hampton has received numerous honors including the Laurence Olivier Award for Les Liaisons Dangereuses in 1986, an Academy Award and Writers' Guild award in 1988 for Dangerous Liaisons, and a Tony award in 1995 for Best Score and Best Book of a Musical for Sunset Boulevard. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Ian McEwan was born in Aldershot, England on June 21, 1948. He received a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Sussex and an M.A. in English Literature from the University of East Anglia. He writes novels, plays, and collections of short stories including In Between the Sheets, The Cement Garden, The Comfort of Strangers, The show more Innocent, Black Dogs, The Daydreamer, Enduring Love, Sweet Tooth, The Children Act and Nutshell. He has won numerous awards including the 1976 Somerset Maugham Award for First Love, Last Rites; the 1987 Whitbread Novel Award and the 1993 Prix Fémina Etranger for The Child in Time; the 1998 Booker Prize for Fiction for Amserdam; the 2002 W. H. Smith Literary Award, the 2003 National Book Critics' Circle Fiction Award, the 2003 Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction, and the 2004 Santiago Prize for the European Novel for Atonement; and the 2006 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Saturday. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Atonement [2007 film]
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- Atonement
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- 2008
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- Atonement (2007 | IMDb)
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- Cecilia Tallis: I love you. I'll wait for you. Come back. Come back to me.
Robbie Turner: [voiceover] Dearest Cecilia, the story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the surrey park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promi... (show all)se of life. The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. The story can resume. I will return. Find you, love you, marry you and live without shame. - Disambiguation notice
- This is the film, Please do not combine Ian McEwan's original novel, Atonement, Thank you.
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