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There are some movies that we watch and forget while some others

have an everlasting effect on our lives .


Today I wanna talk about a film that I watched recently which is
“atonement”
It is a Hollywood movie directed by a well-known British director
(JOE WRIGHT) . since it was renowned novel under the same name
(atonement) and starring my favourite artists keira knightley and
james McAvoy. It was one of the reasons that made me eager to watch
this film. The film titled atonement which means something that you
do to show that you are sorry for something bad that you did, is
focused on a wealthy heiress Cecilia and the housekeeper’s son
Robbie. The plot revolves around the tragic love story that depicts
how a child’s misunderstanding complicates the life of two adults.the
story begins in 1935,when Briony’s maternal cousins Lola and the
twins Jackson and pierrot visit the family admist their parents divorce.
meantime Briony and Cecilia’s elder brother returns from London
accompanied by his friend from Oxford, the well-off manufacturer
Paul Marshal.Cecilia and Robbie bicker over a vase which breaks and
falls into a pond. Cecilia dives in to retrieve the pieces, surprising
Robbie. Briony who was watching from the window, is confused and
intrigued by her sister and Robbies’s acctions. She is inspired to begin
writing psychological realism. after the incident Robbie wrote several
drafts to send one to Cecilia apologizing for the incident. He gives the
letter to Briony to deliver to Cecilia ; however, inadvertently gives her
a version he was meant to discard, which contains lewd references.by
the time Robbie realizes his mistake, Briony has already returned to
the house with his letter. And despite Robbies instructions Briony
opens the letter and reads it. She is chocked by it’s vulgar language,
and becomes convinced that Robbie intends to harm her sister Cecilia.
Soon after when the twins went missing an incident took place Lola
was harassed while she went out searching for her brothers. Briony
who was there couldn’t see the man’s face and misread the situation
and indulged a lie about Robbie being guilty of the assault. The movie
goes on to span several decades in the lives of these characters,
capturing the traumatic aftermath of lies, and war. The end of Joe
wright’s movie shift between tones seamlessly enough to shock first
time viewers. Dabbling in both imaginary utopian scenarios and real
life dystopian ones. Atonement’s tragic epilogue reveals that Cecilia
was killed during the Blitzkreig as she was trapped in the Balham
Tube station when it was bombed by German airplanes. Robbie, who
had served in world war 2 in exchange for being released from prison,
died in Dunkirk due to septicaemia (blood poisoning).only Briony
survives the war, eventually becoming a successful writer.

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