Atonement (2007)

7.3

Movie

France, UK
English, French
Drama, Romance
2007
JOE WRIGHT
Ailidh Mackay, Alex Noodle, Alfie Allen
123 min

What it's about

As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

The take

Atonement is a tribute to cinematography, an epic film that might just remind you why you fell in love with movies to begin with. A young girl and aspiring writer has a crush on the man her older sister loves, so the young sister indulges her imagination to accuse the man of a crime he didn't commit. The two are separated and the latter is then sent away to prison and after joins the army.  As the young girl grows up and realizes the true consequences of her actions, what can she do, what can anyone do, to remedy such a wrong? Winner of two Golden Globes and nominated to 6 Academy Awards.

Comments

I agree with Juana Doe. No words can describe how amazingly heartbreaking and beautiful this movie is, and it does take your breath away!

This movie is beautiful. No other way to put it. Breathtakingly beautiful.

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