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Atonement

Atonement (29-Aug-2007)

Director: Joe Wright

From novel: Atonement by Ian McEwan

Keywords: Drama

Film adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel of the same name follows a writer as she inadvertently alters the lives of several individuals by falsely accusing her sister's beau of a heinous act.

ABSTRACT
Briony Tallis, a thirteen-year old girl with a promising future as a writer, misinterprets a scene between older sister Cecilia and lover Robbie Turner outside her family's estate as one of ill intent, telling a careless fib implicating Robbie -- a "commoner" working for the Tallis family intending to go to medical school -- in the rape of cousin Lola and forever changing the lives of all involved. Atonement is a character piece depicting how lies can alter the course of one's existence, turning Briony's family paranoid and setting the unfortunate Robbie on a course towards serving in the British Army during World War II.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brenda Blethyn	Actor	20-Feb-1946		Secrets & Lies
Benedict Cumberbatch	Actor	19-Jul-1976		BBC's Sherlock Holmes
Romola Garai	Actor	1-Jul-1982		Rory O'Shea Was Here
Keira Knightley	Actor	26-Mar-1985		Bend It Like Beckham
James McAvoy	Actor	21-Apr-1979		Chronicles of Narnia
Gina McKee	Actor	14-Apr-1964		The Forsyte Saga
Anthony Minghella	Film Director	6-Jan-1954	18-Mar-2008	The English Patient
Vanessa Redgrave	Actor	30-Jan-1937		Julia
Jérémie Renier	Actor	6-Jan-1981		L'Enfant
Saoirse Ronan	Actor	12-Apr-1994		Atonement
Juno Temple	Actor	21-Jul-1989		St. Trinian's

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