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Atonement (2007)
Film adaption of Ian McEwan’s novel “Atonement”, starring Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, James McAvoy, Juno Temple, Brenda Blethyn and Benedict Cumberbatch. I must say this film impressed me with the beautiful cinematography, unfortunately not that many movies take time for so many details. Of course the story is great, and the acting was good too, especially Ronan as young Briony. The end was a little disappointing, I remember when I read the book, I was incredible moved by it, but the director Joe Wright wasn’t able to pull that off (though I understand you have to leave a few things out for a two-hour film). Dario Marianelli won an Oscar for best achievement in music.
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.
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWPZDi723Eo
‘I really hope that down deep inside there’s no love in you.
Cos if there is just a little bit of love in you for me, I think that in a few minutes you’re going to regret you never said anything.’
Guacharo
