| Atonement | |
|---|---|
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| 7 Nominations / 1 Win | |
| Year | 2007 |
| Director | Joe Wright |
| Writer | Christopher Hampton |
| Starring | Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan |
| 80th Academy Awards | |
Atonement is a 2007 British romantic drama war film directed by Joe Wright. It is a film adaptation of the 2001 novel of the same name by Ian McEwan. The film stars James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, and Saoirse Ronan. It was produced by Working Title Films and filmed throughout the summer of 2006 in England and France. Distributed in most of the world by Universal Pictures.
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Nominations
- Best Adapted Screenplay — Christopher Hampton
- Best Art Direction — Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
- Best Cinematography — Seamus McGarvey
- Best Costume Design — Jacqueline Durran
- Best Original Score — Dario Marianelli
- Best Picture — Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster
- Best Supporting Actress — Saoirse Ronan
Plot[]
When Briony Tallis, 13 years old and an aspiring writer, 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 his time at Cambridge and now he 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.
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