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Atonement
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R,2hrs 3min
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December 14, 2007
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Focus Features
Synopsis: A mischievous girl accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit, only to find that her words have irrevocably and permanently changed the lives of all involved in a film that re-teams the filmmakers behind Pride & Prejudice to adapt the best-selling 2002 novel by author Ian McEwan. The year is 1935, and as the summer heat takes hold, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis watches her older sister, Cecilia (Keira Knightley), get undressed and go frolicking in the garden fountain ... Full Synopsis
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By Derek Elley, Variety.com
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"Rarely has a book sprung so vividly to life, but also worked so enthrallingly in pure movie terms ..." Full Review
Featured Cast
Cecilia Tallis
Robbie Turner
Briony (age 13)
Briony (age 18)
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