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In 1935, 13-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. 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.

Production
Working Title Films [gb]; Relativity Media; Studio Canal [fr];

Cast Names
Ailidh Mackay; Brenda Blethyn; Romola Garai; Saoirse Ronan; Julia West; James McAvoy; Harriet Walter; Keira Knightley; Juno Temple; Felix von Simson; Charlie von Simson; Alfie Allen; Patrick Kennedy; Benedict Cumberbatch; Peter Wight; Leander Deeny; Peter O'Connor; Daniel Mays; Nonso Anozie; Michel Vuillermoz; Lionel Abelanski; Tobias Menzies; Paul Stocker; Alex Noodle; Roger Evans; Bronson Webb; Ian Bonar; Oliver Gilbert; Jamie Beamish; Johnny Harris; Nick Bagnall; Billy Seymour; Neil Maskell; Paul Harper; Gina McKee; Charlie Banks; Madeline Crowe; Scarlett Dalton; Olivia Grant; Katy Lawrence;

Release Date
2007-12-07 (limited)
2008-01-04

Genres
Drama; Romance; War;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated R for disturbing war images, language and some sexuality.

Running Time
2 hr. 10 min.

Director
Joe Wright

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