Atonement

This is truly a love story. If you have not seen this movie, you must. I watched it on the airplane yesterday and tried to muffle my tears, but could not. It is a powerful film and a tragic love story.


SPOILER

Do not read the following unless you do not care about me spoiling much of the story line. I suggest you stop reading and watch the film!

SPOILER

A young girl has a very vivid imagination. She wants to be a writer when she grows older. She sees something that is complicated and thus she doesn't fully understand the scope of what is occurring before her eyes. She accuses an older man, whom she also has feelings for, of hurting her cousin. She does this because he is in a relationship with her older sister. This false accusation separates him from the one he loves. For the rest of his life he cannot be with his love and the young girl punishes herself as well. She creates a story to be able to cope with her life and loosing everything, because in the end she has nothing but her tales. And the lovers are never reunited.