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Atonement
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Atonement is a 2007 drama, war, and romance film directed by Joe Wright. The screenplay was written by Christopher Hampton and Ian McEwan, based on Ian McEwan’s work. The cast includes James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, and Romola Garai. Production was handled by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, and Richard Eyre, with Dario Marianelli composing the score and Seamus McGarvey serving as director of photography. Jacqueline Durran designed the costumes. The film originated in the United Kingdom and France, with production companies including StudioCanal, Relativity Media, and Working Title Films.
The narrative is set in England and Dunkirk, focusing on World War II and the Dunkirk evacuation. It has a runtime of 123 minutes and was released on February 27, 2007. The film received an Academy Award for Best Original Score and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. It holds a 7.8 rating on IMDb and a 7.635 average on TMDb.
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7.6A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Cast
- James McAvoy as Robbie Turner
- Keira Knightley as Cecilia Tallis
- Saoirse Ronan as Briony Tallis (Age 13)
- Romola Garai as Briony Tallis (Age 18)
- Vanessa Redgrave as Briony Tallis (Age 77)
- Brenda Blethyn as Grace Turner
Themes
- new love
- sibling relationship
- based on novel or book
- wind
- nurse
- loss of loved one
- flirt
- world war ii
- innocence
- lie
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Encyclopedic overview
Atonement is a 2007 romantic war tragedy film directed by Joe Wright and starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, and Vanessa Redgrave. It is based on the 2001 novel by Ian McEwan. The film chronicles a crime and its consequences over six decades, beginning in the 1930s. It was produced for StudioCanal and filmed in England. Distributed in most of the world by Universal Studios, it was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2007 and in North America exactly three months later on 7 December 2007.
Atonement opened both the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival and the 64th Venice International Film Festival. Wright, at age 35, was the youngest director ever to open the Venice event. The film was a commercial success and earned a worldwide gross of approximately $129 million against a budget of $30 million. Critics praised its acting, Wright's direction, Hampton's screenplay, Marianelli's score, emotional depth, the cinematography, editing, visuals, and the film's incorporation of historic events.
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