The year is 1935 and on a hot summer's day a chain of events set in motion'. '.strtoupper('b')riony tallis saoirse ronan is a young, imaginative preteen writer'. '.strtoupper('s')he is the younger sister of cecilia keira knightley who is an attractive, cambridge graduate in an upper class family enjoying her life'. '.strtoupper('o')n this hot summer's day she decides to take a swim in the family fountain'. '.strtoupper('r')obbie turner james mcevoy, the son of the housekeeper watches the beauty as she goes for a swim and little briony's imagination runs rampant.it is not long until a few misconceptions and briony's wild imagination starts rumours which lead to the arrest and conviction of robbie an event that will dramatically change the lives of all three people.five years later in the madness of world war ii appears robbie, as a foot soldier in the army'. '.strtoupper('h')e is preparing for an evacuation of dunkirk'. '.strtoupper('m')eanwhile the two sisters train as nurses in london, all deeply affected by the events years before.special featuresfeature commentary with director joe wrightbringing the past to life the making of atonement from novel to screen adapting a classicdeleted scenesdeleted scenes with commentary by directorgolden age trailer