"A rich, old-fashioned love story spun out of modern psychology and postmodern storytelling, this film's decades-long, war-torn examination of love, pain, betrayal and, yes, atonement has the kind of expansive sweep that brings The English Patient to mind. It's a film of layers and surprises," unfurling a chain of anguished events that are sparked by a single misconstrued incident at a wealthy English family's country estate on a hot day in 1935, ultimately destroying three lives. "One of the few adaptations that gives a splendid novel [Ian McEwan's celebrated 2001 book] the film it deserves." (LA Times) Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. more at filminfocus.com/atonement 35mm
2007, color, 2 hours 10 minutes, UK/France