Director: Joe Wright Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster Year: 2007 Studio: Working Title Films Cast: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley Running Time: 123 minutes This film is a British romance which spans several decades. The story follows writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, who changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. In the summer of the year 1935, 13-year-old Briony witnesses a flirtation between a servant's son, Robbie, and her older sister, Cecilia, that she takes out of context. Briony's misunderstanding leads to a terrible crime whose consequences follow them through World War II.