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Starring: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan
In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister, Cecilia. Cecilia, he hopes, has comparable feelings; all it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony--who has a crush on Robbie--is compelled to interfere, going so far as to accuse Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but he is arrested--and with Briony bearing false witness, the course of three lives is changed forever. Decades later, Briony continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love.
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US Release Date
12/7/07
MPAA Rating
Rated R for disturbing war images, language and some sexuality
Running Time
122 mins.
Locations
- London, England, United Kingdom
Language
- English
- French
Box Office Total
$50,921,738
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2007 Association, Southeastern Film Critics Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Composer award at the 2007 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Score award at the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Austin Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 2007 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2007 Golden Satellite Award [Festival/Award Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Editing award at the 2007 San Diego Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Score award at the 2007 Phoenix Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Makeup and Hair award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Score award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best British Film award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2007 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2007 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Score award at the 2007 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2007 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2007 Association, Southeastern Film Critics Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Young Actress award at the 2007 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Production Design award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Young Actress award at the 2007 Phoenix Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Music award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2007 Golden Satellite Award [Festival/Award Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti award at the 2007 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Association, Southeastern Film Critics Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Youth in Film Award - Female award at the 2007 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Associat Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 New York Film Critics Online [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2007 American Society of Cinematographers [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 2007 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction in a Period Film award at the 2007 Art Directors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2007 Phoenix Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 2007 Golden Satellite Award [Festival/Award Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Score award at the 2007 Ohio Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture - Drama award at the 2007 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 2007 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- Focus Features
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
