Atonement

Seen on 14-7-2009 - HBO
Cast: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy
Dir.: Joe Wright
Based on Ian McEvan's best-selling novel this film explores the lasting consequences of a motivated half-truth for the victims of the falsehood.
It's about a 13-year old girl (played by Ronan) who witnesses falsely, out of jealousy, to the charge of molestation against her older sister's lover (McAvoy) and sends him to punitive service in the World War II. This results in misery for her sister (Keira Knightley) who joins the war service as a nurse. The young girl has to live with unmitigated remorse and guilt for the rest of her life; five years after when she meets them during the war she desperately wants to atone for her tragic error but couldn't undo the damage wreaked in their lives. Soon they die a tragic death in the war before they could find fulfillment in their love. Briony lives on to ripe old age (played by Vanessa) with unrequited remorse.