Atonement [videorecording] / Focus Features presents in association with StudioCanal and Relativity Media, a Working Title production ; produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster ; screenplay by Christopher Hampton ; directed by Joe Wright.
Title from container. James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave. Based on the novel by Ian mcEwan. Originally released as a motion picture in 2007. Special features: Deleted scenes; "Bringing the past to life: the making of Atonement" featurette; "From novel to screen: adapting a classic" featurette; feature commentary with director Joe Wright; Exclusive: BD-Live: access through Internet-connected play and download even more bonus content, and more.
Summary:
When 13-year-old Briony Tallis, sees her older sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner at the fountain in front of the family estate she misinterprets what is happening thus setting into motion a series of misunderstandings and a childish pique that will have lasting repercussions for all of them. Robbie is the son of a family servant toward whom the family has always been kind. They paid for him to attend Cambridge and now plans on going to medical school. After the fountain incident, Briony reads a letter intended for Cecilia and concludes that Robbie is a deviant. When her cousin Lola is raped, she tells the police that it was Robbie she saw committing the deed, when in fact it was a visitor to the estate.
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