Atonement[赎罪]

Theofficialscreenplaybooktie-intotheadaptationbyscreenwriterChristopherHampton(AcademyAward?winnerforDangerousLiaisons)ofIanMcEwan'sbestsellingnovel,starringJamesMcAvoy(BAFTAAwardnomineeforTheLastKingofScotland)oppositeAcademyAward?-nominatedKeiraKnightley,directedbyJoeWright(PrideandPrejudice),fromFocusFeatures.FilmedonlocationintheU.K.,thestoryofAtonementspansseveraldecades.In1935,13-year-oldfledglingwriterBrionyTallis(SaoirseRonan)andherfamilylivealifeofwealthandprivilegeintheirenormousmansion.Onthewarmestdayoftheyear,thecountryestatetakesonanunsettlinghothouseatmosphere,stokingBriony'svividimagination.RobbieTurner(JamesMcAvoy),theeducatedsonofthefamily'shousekeeper,carriesatorchforBriony'sheadstrongoldersisterCecilia(KeiraKnightley).Cecilia,hehopes,hascomparablefeelings;allitwilltakeisonesparkforthisrelationshiptocombust.Whenitdoes,Briony—whohasacrushonRobbie—iscompelledtointerfere,goingsofarasaccusingRobbieofacrimehedidnotcommit.CeciliaandRobbiedeclaretheirloveforeachother,butheisarrested—andwithBrionybearingfalsewitness,thecourseofthreelivesischangedforever.Brionycontinuestoseekforgivenessforherchildhoodmisdeed.Throughaterribleandcourageousactofimagination,shefindsthepathtoheruncertainatonement,andtoanunderstandingofthepowerofenduringlove.Inadditiontothecompletescript,thisNewmarketShootingScript?bookincludesanexclusiveintroductionbyscreenwriterChristopherHampton,acolorphotosection,andthecompletecastandcrewcredits.