http://122.img.pp.sohu.com/images/blog/2008/2/11/14/12/118a4b93e38.jpgIn 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) 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 (James McAvoy), the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia (Kiera Knightley). 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 accusing 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. Briony continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed.http://121.img.pp.sohu.com/images/blog/2008/2/11/14/13/118a4baf2a4.jpg 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.

Production Status: Released

Logline: Spanning several decades, a drama about a fledgling writer, Briony Tallis, who, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

Genres: Drama, Romance, Adaptation and War

Running Time: 2 hrs. 2 min.

Release Date: December 7th, 2007 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for disturbing war images, language and some sexuality.

Distributors: Focus Features, Universal Pictures International

Production Co.: Working Title Films, Kudos Film & Television, Relativity Media, Studio Canal

U.S. Box Office: $37,860,799

Filming Locations: London, England, United Kingdom

Produced in: United States

  http://122.img.pp.sohu.com/images/blog/2008/2/11/14/15/118a4bc34e3.jpg1935年，宁静悠闲的英国乡村。生活富足且地位显赫的泰丽思一家正在这里躲避着近年来英国少有的酷暑。这天，家里年仅十三岁的小姑娘布里奥妮·泰丽思(斯奥塞·罗南饰)在农庄闲逛时偶然看到了自己不该看到的一切——管家的儿子罗比·特纳(詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊饰)和姐姐塞西莉亚·泰丽思(凯拉·耐特丽饰)的亲密行为。年幼无知的小姑娘以为高大的罗比要对美丽的姐姐欲行不轨。恰巧在同一天夜里，招风的表姐劳拉·昆西(尤诺·泰普饰)又被人强暴，这一切更让布里奥妮认定罗比就是那个无恶不作的罪犯。
　　http://120.img.pp.sohu.com/images/blog/2008/2/11/14/16/118a4c190db.jpg事实上，受过良好教育的罗比·特纳早就对性格坚毅的塞西莉亚情有独钟，而塞西莉亚同时对志向远大的小伙子颇为看重。此时的两人已然处在了恋情当中。但小布里奥尼的突然出现加上此次对罗比堪称致命的误会，最终断送了塞西莉亚与罗比青梅竹马的爱情。倒霉的罗比蒙冤入狱。只留下伤心欲绝的塞西莉亚独自一人承受失去爱人的痛苦与内心愧疚的折磨。而贪慕虚荣的表姐劳拉竟然“一蹴而就”地嫁给了那个当年强暴自己的有钱人保罗·马歇尔(本尼迪特·坎贝巴彻饰)。
　　多年后，残酷的第二次世界大战如同这场致命的误会一般袭击并蹂躏着带给姐姐无尽痛苦的布里奥妮生活和内心。自我救赎成了她此生最大的心愿。然而，无情的战火最终将一对未成眷属的有情人相继吞没。而心结难开的布里奥尼则花费了她毕生的经历将这场致命误会写成情真意切的小说，期待有朝一日能真相大白于天下，还一对有情人清白……

片名：赎罪
英文：Atonement
导演：乔·怀特 Joe Wright
编剧：克里斯托弗·汉普敦Christopher Hampton
演员：
凯拉·奈特利 Keira Knightley
詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊 James McAvoy
萝玛拉·嘉瑞 Romola Gar
布兰达·布莱斯 Brenda Blethyn
西尔莎·罗南 Saoirse Ronan
朱诺·泰普勒Juno Temple
类型：剧情
片长：130分钟 级别：R（战争、语言、性）
发行：焦点电影公司Focus Features（美国）
上映日期：2007年9月7日（英国）