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Atonement

OT: Atonement

Joe Wright | USA, United Kingdom, 2007
Fiction Feature | FF2007
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Story

Based on an Ian McEwan’s novel and adapted by Oscar winner Christopher Hampton, this gripping story is set in the upper-class England of the late 30s. 13-year-old Briony is infatuated with the housekeeper’s son, whom her flash sister (Keira Knightley) has a fling with. Briony cannot handle her jealousy and pulls everybody into a maelstrom of harsh feelings and dramatic consequences as WWII looms.

Director

Joe Wright was born in 1972. The british director is internationally known for his dramatic films"Atonement" as wellas "Pride

Info

Atonement

Fiction Feature

English

Agenda 07 | FF2007


USA, United Kingdom

2007

125 min

OV

Joe Wright

Christopher Hampton

Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Vanessa Redgrave

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner

Seamus McGarvey

Paul Tothill

Dario Marianelli

Sarah Greenwood

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