When Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan), thirteen-years-old and an aspiring writer, sees her older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley) and Robbie Turner (James McAvoy) at the fountain in front of the ...
Atonement tells the story of a lie that spans six decades, from the 1930 to the horrors of World War II and beyond. The secret romance between the wealthy Cecilia Tallis (Knightley) and Robbie ...
Robbie is free only when released to fight for the British ... Life stages, ageing and creativity are important themes in Atonement. It is as an older lady writer herself that Briony atones for the ...