《Atonement》　贖罪　悲劇無可遏制也無法挽回

No.087　《Atonement》　贖罪　悲劇無可遏制也無法挽回

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Atonement is a 2007 British romantic drama war film directed by Joe Wright. It is a film adaptation of the 2001 novel of the same name by Ian McEwan. The film stars James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, and Saoirse Ronan. It was produced by Working Title Films and filmed throughout the summer of 2006 in England and France. Distributed in most of the world by Universal Pictures, it was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 7 September 2007, and in North America on 7 December 2007.

In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), the educated son of the family' s housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony' s headstrong older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley). Cecilia, he hopes, has comparable feelings; all it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony—who has a crush on Robbie—is compelled to interfere, going so far as accusing Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but he is arrested—and with Briony bearing false witness, the course of three lives is changed forever.

Briony continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love.

Atonement opened the 64th Venice International Film Festival, making Wright, at the age of 35, the youngest director ever to open the event. The film also opened the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival.

The film received positive reviews from film critics. The review site Rotten Tomatoes records that 83% of 196 critics gave the film positive reviews, with a consensus that "atonement features strong performances, brilliant cinematography and a unique score. Featuring deft performances from James McAvoy and Keira Knightley, it's a successful adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel."

The film won an Oscar for the Best Original Score at the 80th Academy Awards, and was nominated for six others, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (Saoirse Ronan). At the 61st British Academy Film Awards it won Best Film and Production Design awards.

獲獎情況

2008年第80屆奧斯卡：最佳原創(chuàng)配樂獎，并榮獲最佳影片提名、最佳女配角提名、最佳藝術(shù)指導(dǎo)提名、最佳改編劇本提名、最佳攝影提名、最佳服裝設(shè)計提名。

影片信息

導(dǎo)演：喬·懷特

編?。嚎死锼雇懈?middot;漢普頓、伊恩·麥克尤恩

主演：詹姆斯·麥卡沃伊、凱拉·奈特莉、西爾莎·羅南、蘿瑪拉·嘉瑞

類型：劇情、愛情、懸疑、戰(zhàn)爭

制片國家（地區(qū)）：英國、法國

上映日期：2007-09-07（英國）

片長：123分鐘

又名：《愛·誘·罪》

劇情簡介

一個地位顯赫、家境富足的13歲小姑娘布利奧妮·泰麗斯，處在一個想象力豐富的年紀(jì)，也是她那豐富的想象力，把自己的姐姐推入了萬劫不復(fù)的痛苦中……

羅比·特納是泰麗斯家管家的兒子，是一位受過良好教育、志向遠(yuǎn)大的小伙子，對性格堅毅的塞西莉亞（布利奧妮的姐姐）情有獨(dú)鐘。兩人處在熱戀之中，卻不想被布利奧妮誤會羅比·特納是強(qiáng)奸犯，后者因而鋃鐺入獄。但是，真正的強(qiáng)奸犯卻與受害者——她們的表姐勞拉在一起。

第二次世界大戰(zhàn)開始了，塞西莉亞和出獄后的羅比都投入了保衛(wèi)祖國的戰(zhàn)斗中，布利奧妮放棄到劍橋大學(xué)的機(jī)會，成為一名軍隊醫(yī)務(wù)人員。沒有人能理解她的做法，只有她知道她懷揣著巨大的秘密和自責(zé)。她鼓起勇氣，想把這秘密解開，以真正贖罪和得到寬恕。然而，世事變幻，出乎布利奧妮的預(yù)料……

心結(jié)難開的布利奧妮，花費(fèi)了她畢生的經(jīng)歷將這場致命誤會寫成情真意切的小說，期待有朝一日能真相大白于天下，還這對有情人清白。

制作花絮

本片是第64屆威尼斯國際電影節(jié)的開幕影片，導(dǎo)演喬·懷特僅35歲，他算是在這樣的盛會中作為開幕影片的最年輕的導(dǎo)演。這部影片也是導(dǎo)演喬·懷特、制片保羅·維伯斯多自《傲慢與偏見》后再次與凱拉·奈特利合作。

在片中出現(xiàn)的法國城市敦克爾克實際上是英國的小鎮(zhèn)里德卡。

艾米莉·沃特森和克里斯汀·斯科特·托馬斯都曾試圖出演艾美利·塔利斯這個角色。

艾比·考尼什曾考慮飾演18歲時的畢歐尼，但是因為與《輝煌年代》的演出時間沖突就退出了。

敦克爾克的街頭景和發(fā)電機(jī)房的景都是在格里姆斯比碼頭拍攝的。

羅莫拉·蓋瑞四天就拍完了她的所有場景。

導(dǎo)演喬·懷特沒看過小說就先開始拍攝了。

重點(diǎn)學(xué)習(xí)

Who has a crush on Robbie

在文中，crush作為名詞使用，在美國口語中，它有“迷戀，熱戀；迷戀的對象”的意思，所以文中has (have) a crush on是“（稚氣地）愛著，迷戀上…，深深地愛上…”，尤其指少年早戀，常用于口語中，比如：What makes you think he might have a crush on me?（什么使你認(rèn)為他可能迷戀于我呢？）

Going so far as accusing Robbie of a crime he did not commit

文中，go so far as是“甚至（做出某事）；竟然到（做出）…的地步”的意思；所以文中上句是“甚至羅比沒有犯罪，竟然被指控為一個罪犯。”比如：Some people go so far as to say that time does not really exist; it is all in the mind, they claim.（有些人竟然說時間根本不存在，他們宣稱都是心理在作崇。）

單詞時間

privilege[?privilid?] n. 特權(quán)；優(yōu)待；基本權(quán)利

mansion[?mæn??n] n. 大廈；宅邸

hothouse[?h?thaus] adj. 溫室的；過分保護(hù)的；嬌弱的

atmosphere[?ætm??sfi?] n. 氣氛；大氣；空氣

headstrong[?hedstr??] adj. 任性的；頑固的；剛愎的

combust[k?m?b?st] vt. 燃燒；消耗

forgiveness[f??ɡivnis] n. 寬??；寬仁之心

courageous[k??reid??s] adj. 有膽量的，勇敢的

atonement[??t?unm?nt] n. 贖罪；補(bǔ)償，彌補(bǔ)

brilliant[?brilj?nt] adj. 燦爛的，閃耀的；杰出的；有才氣的