Atonement - The Confrontation Scene (Good Quality)

[@orlandobabe]

"How old do you have to be to know the difference between right or wrong?" I love that, it is the question I ask about kids who get involve with crimes.

[@bigoof6369]

Maybe they get involved bc of other reasons

[@heatherriley2170]

It's hard to tell even for adult. Protecting your bestfriend is a right or wrong. A man would kill for his family. A soldier who do a fucked up thing that considered crime by other, but he was hailed a hero by his countrymen. A thief is a hero for his family and community but he was a criminal by other. Right or wrong depends on where you stand. And it can be flipped anytime. There's no definitive definition of what right or wrong.

[@linefire9870]

she didn't know that she felt jealous. On top of that, she saw two people making love, probably not knowing what it was. Kids these days would know thanks to media, but not kids then. She'd probably know violation cuz 13 is the age you'd find out, so she thought it was assault. Its not that she didn't know the difference between right and wrong, she didn't know what jealousy was. BUT, she should have told her parents about it when she finally understood.

[@vinnydurham8964]

It depends on what the crime is

[@chefluck9146]

James McAvoy is such an underrated actor that its almost a crime

[@thesplithorde3193]

It is a crime.

[@pbcat16]

How barely talented/talentless actors get more recognition than he does is beyond me

[@ivangomez123]

In time, he will be recognize as a first class actor, just like Benedict Cumberbatch.

[@LeeLee19901]

He should've been nominated for the role

[@2charliep]

Loved this scene, how Cecilia kept tracking Robbie, she knew he'd lose it and wanted to stop him from doing something he might regret. Great job by all three.

[@EllynHayden]

I fail to understand how James McAvoy didn't even get nominated for an Oscar. His performance was so powerful. Same goes to Romola Garai.

[@emilie9281]

this scene ACTUALLY makes me cringe. It´s so well acted, I just feel unconfortable and an unease tense my body, like I´m actually in the room witnessing this confrontation, in some far corner, shrinking every ten seconds, at every yell, every word that cuts the silence.

[@missingno12]

I was really angry when i came to know that this scene is also just a part of Briony's fucking fantasy.

[@user-cq1hz7pi2d]

SAME

[@madhatterteaparty2065]

omg really.. was it or did she... I need to watch it again.. but wotta performance by Mcavoy 👌👌👌👌👌

[@madhatterteaparty2065]

Shakir yeah that right I remember now 👍👍

[@evamasters5028]

I choose to end the movie here... with this scene

[@serenagutierrez395]

I know every character that played her disgusted me. Same hair style and everything.. specially when she was old. She only was feeling bad because she herself was dying Briony was so selfish the whole movie, Paul was disgusting and Lola was an idiot.

[@MediocreInterest]

McAvoy is a hell of an actor. this is the proof.this scene is perfect.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

McAvoy is such a brilliant actor. I liked him in Strings, Starter for 10, Wanted, Gnomeo and Juliet, X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: Apocalypse.

[@Ben-yj8ye]

Daniel Williamson and later in split. He’s so underrated

[@pbcat16]

@@Ben-yj8ye Too underrated but I think it's best if he stays that way, that way people can appreciate his talents even more because he's not so hyped up like most Hollywood actors that the media likes to zero in on just because they're pretty and have highly publicized love lives

[@xsannjx]

I really love the way how cecilia can comfort Robbie. She can make him calm again by saying 'please come back.' I love it

[@h.a.b.arguille1896]

And James McAvoy wasn’t nominated for an Oscar for this?!

[@slaughterthedaises]

McAvoy deserves SO much more than an Oscar for this. SO much more.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

McAvoy is such a good actor. His acting at 3:51 - 3:56 was incredible.

[@DanaVMBVSDDM]

James McAvoy is so amazing here... especially the part where he snaps at her, it's mesmerizing, I can't stop watching it. He deserved the Oscar.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

He should gotten a BAFTA nomination for his voice work on Strings.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Agreed, you can just hear the rage at what she put him through and the pain of all he had endured as a soldier.

[@amasion2882]

What’s interesting about the scene is that it’s not true, it’s actually Briony’s IMAGINED expectations of Robbie and her sister’s reaction. It reflects Briony’s regret, self-recriminations, and her view of what she “deserved” from the couple. Had the confrontation and apology actually occurred, it might have been different.

[@PalmurcioWorld]

The momento when see looks thought the window is stuck in my memory since I saw this movie. She sees her future in that lonely woman, in part as a punish of her lie but also as a decision, a way to try to get some kind of redemption. She sees herself alone, and thinks "That's what I'll be, that's what I deserve"

[@xoxo-dr8df]

I never looked at it as immaturity, even in the book, it was pure envy and jealousy. What a hypocrite, even as child she was already rotten. No amount of happy endings can she write for Cecilia and Robbie to atone for her crime.

[@bluebell8557]

goddamn it why couldnt this be the actual ending

[@lulwah8435]

“Look at me, come back, come back to me “

[@gisellegeorge6184]

This is the most powerful scene in an overall excellent movie.

[@sSucks-ff8zm]

indeed

[@BigImaginationDoll16]

Briony was incredibly immature as a thirteen-year-old, she seemed more like a seven-year-old. How could she not understand? It seemed so obvious.

[@elizabethrpheasant8526]

I always thought that she wasn't lying or that she made her self see Robbie raping her cousin and then realsed later how stupid shed been

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

She had not yet gone through the female changes. Most girls just before they develop are highly strung and emotional.

[@cherylannemason]

She was a "surprise" baby who was younger than her older siblings by (I think) about eight or ten years, and had been treated very much as a baby by them as well as the parents even at age 12/13.

[@Allthingsasian]

The books give massive insight into the psychology of the characters. Briony accused Robbie because she was highly fanciful, isolated and imaginative. She created a story in her own head in which Robbie was the villain, a “maniac.” Still doesn’t excuse her actions tho...

[@simonboccanegra3811]

I don't think she seems behind her age, no. I think she's very advanced in some ways and naïve in others. But not too naïve for the time and place. There are warning signs right from the first, in her comments about The Trials of Arabella. She's a precociously talented writer, but she doesn't really understand her subject, and she's absorbed a lot of the puritanical ideas around her (e.g., "He's a sex maniac!").

[@ladyquilldriver]

"....He sleeps so deeply...." That line always gives me chills.

[@kb4903]

So sad when you know this scene never happened.

[@laybajunaid3074]

The. Sad truth about this scene is that it didn't happened and it breaks my heart into prices

[@crookedprojects]

can you please explain to me about this? i've seen in any other comments that some scenes were actually never happened. i still don't get it.

[@phoebeb2089]

sya you should read the book, it explains everything better

[@rakeshkhanganba2245]

It was an imagination of Briony

[@QueenofBluntTruth]

I know right!

[@harryburrows2112]

​@@crookedprojects The film shows this scene but afterwards Briony as an old woman admits that this was in fact imagined by her. In reality Robbie died of Septicemia during the war while Cecilia was killed during the Blitz, she never actually got a chance to apologise to them.

[@DanaVMBVSDDM]

So many beautiful shots, the direction on this is so amazing... The way Robbie flies past her, Cecilia and Robbie kissing in the window... It's such a fucking masterpiece...

[@ciaranoconnell4783]

It's extremely weird that even though this scene is completely false and only exists in her mind, she still envisages herself having her gaze wistfully linger on the messed up bedsheets from them assumedly having sex, she longingly looks at the two of them when they are intensely staring at each other as her sister calms him down before catching herself, turning away and looking away out the window, she stops and looks at him again at the end as she leaves and cannot seem to help herself for a second about wanting him before reality kicks in and she remembers that he hates her. It's really creepy how she still imagines herself to be envious her sister and lusting after him even after trying to create fantasy to assuage her huge guilt after destroying their lives.

[@potatopotato5027]

You encapsulated that so well

[@rainygarden1080]

No. I think it because she still loves robbie. So it, the imagine of robbie and cee's love is something would break her heart. She want to be punished.

[@teddy9770]

If this would have been the reality you could say that she at least tried to apologize. It does not make up for her mistakes or helps Cee and Robbie in any way, but at that point there is nothing else Briony can do anymore.

[@rcclank54]

she was 13!

[@rabronin]

"How old do you have to be to know the difference between right and wrong?" - from this scene.

[@teddy9770]

I don't want to justify her behavior in any way. It was disgusting and of course she was old enough to understand what she was doing and how very wrong it was. But even though she was a stupid girl back then and probably still is, she tried to apologize. She can't take back the harm she's caused, but she truly seems to regret it. It doesn't mean that I like her any better though...

[@magorzatawarcho4671]

Well. She could done a lot of more before that. I love this movie, I watched it a million times. And I want. But I can't forgive Briony. I detest her.

[@gustavocruz2677]

It was a good ending in that her mistake cost the lives of Cecilia and Robbie, and in that outcome cost her a life full of guilt, which in the real world, is something you have to accept,... but lets be real, her making that book and faking that scene didn't help anybody but herself, Period.

[@drewstar412]

Bravo...Bravo.......Mr McAbvoy should have got his Oscar here..clasic example of sxomeone who suffers from PTSD...Suberb scene.....

[@Whitneypyant]

McAvoy

[@15908150503able]

I'm still upset because this scene never happens in the real story :(((

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

""Tell me, did it give you PLEASURE to think of me INSIDE?" - does anybody else see the sexual imagery in this line? Sex is the reason why Briony lost her mind that day. The fountain, letter and library events with Cecilia were all bound up with Briony's sexual awakening and she couldn't think clearly. So what happened afterwards was informed by something she was not in control of.

[@caitsgettinglost]

In hindsight, to me that line serves as a hint to the audience that this scene never actually happened; it's just imagined and written BY briony into her book as a way to atone and give robbie and cee a life together. it's the kind of subtle meaning authors often slip into their writing, and it's too poetic and too much of a double-entendre to be something that happens so seamlessly in natural conversation

[@frankinsaneandmyrrh1202]

Yes, it's also worth looking at the way her eyes move when she watches them kiss, and how she peers at their bed.

[@seventhsense34]

@@caitsgettinglost For me, the proof that the author is writing this scene and actually Robbie is dead is "He sleeps so deeply". There's no point in telling this sentence at that moment, because actually he is not sleeping at that moment, she isn't supposed to tell anything about his sleep. In contrast, he possibly wakes up their conversation. 'Deep sleep' is associated with death here.

[@sullyguy1235]

she already had a preconceived idea that Robbie was a monster due to the letter and seeing Celia and Robbie in the library. When Lola's rape occurs, which Briony witnesses, the naive logic in her says it has to be Robbie. At the time she is sure it is Robbie due to the image of him she has constructed but there are lingering doubts over the reality of what she saw that haunt her throughout the rest of the novel. It wasn't done due to jealousy towards Robbie and Celia but because Briony cared about Celia and was trying to protect her. Briony treats real life like one of her stories where people are either wholly good or wholly bad and does not understand the sexual tension between Celia and Robbie and misconstrues it. The whole chain of events stems from Briony's naïveté and the sheltered life she lives. She is an unreliable narrator who observes events but is not mature enough to understand their emotional significance and narrows down her view of Robbie as a manifestation of unfettered sexual desire.

[@huna5923]

@@Sophia-dg7wk how

[@bambionice89]

I love this part. James McAvoy makes you feel every tiny tear of pain that he had shed! Really, when I saw that in the theatre I got scared of him (I grabbed my friends arm when he was about to lounge at Briony). Fantastic acting in this scene

[@nikmys15]

Angry James is hot James. The noises he makes while kissing in this movie! hnng.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Robbie has seen unimaginable horrors simply because of what was done to him. The way his voice breaks when he is talking about the soldiers who died by the side of the road.... breaks my heart.

[@carolehamad4519]

James did a remarkable job

[@joanamafalda87]

this is definetly one of my favourites scenes...gosh,we just can feel Robbie's pain and anger...just give me chills!

[@JeremyJenner]

"Just write it all down, just the truth; no rhymes, no embellishments, no adjectives." So ironic that this is all just a conjuration of Briony's to begin with, as Robbie never even lived to say that. It was an embellishment about not having embellishments- quite a paradox.

[@megthegoff]

McAvoy is incredible in this scene.

[@mrbignerd]

Wonder what would have happened had Cecilia had not stopped Robbie.

[@SJMJ91]

mrbignerd He would've become the criminal that he was accused of being.

[@MHScrat]

Right oot the window behind her.

[@FrostSoul-qs6kq]

1 word ... FATALITY

[@oliviapete]

Sadly nothing because this scene never actually happened anyways

[@gisellmorfin7190]

Damn that’s really good acting.

[@jaaceemoore1556]

5:03 OH MY GOOOODDDDD HIS STANCE

[@shaunaodowd4760]

i tried to come up with a phrase or sentence to articulate this scene but their are no words. amazing doesn't even scratch the surface.

[@codysingh2572]

You know what else its bad she knows who actually assaulted lola and that it was the same person lola was getting married to and when the priest ask does anyone object she didnt say anything

[@gremlyn1658]

Her atonement was for shit. Didn't even try and help someone who married her rapist.

[@simonboccanegra3811]

Lola grabbed at the ring of privilege and position. Whether she "loved" the creep is hard to say, but she didn't go into her marriage with her eyes closed, and she colluded in the smear of an innocent. The "Indian burn" talk at the dinner table -- well before the outdoor incident -- makes clear that she and Marshall already were intimate (illegally on his part; she's 15). They both show physical signs of recent passion, and they try to blame the twins.

[@grahamclarke6170]

One of the most powerful scenes I've ever seen. I remember watching this the first time and being genuinely frightened for her life when he spits "fucking wolves!"

[@SJMJ91]

The irony is that Robbie was innocent from the conviction but if he'd actually hit Briony or worse then he'd have become the criminal he was first accused of being.

[@insaneasylumpotato4234]

sj11791 no, just because you commit a crime at a latter time doesn’t make you guilty of every false accusation in the past

[@Matteuccishane]

@sj11791 You know right this scene is just briony own imaginations? So every word cecilia and robbie said is from briony head, She never visit them because she was too coward.

[@SJMJ91]

@@Matteuccishane Yes, I am aware of that. Just saying because at this point in the film we didn't know that..

[@CJLOVE23]

I will still never ever ever _ever_ understand how James McAvoy did not receive at the very least a nomination for his brilliant acting throughout this entire movie. Especially this scene. Completely pitiful

[@lucyfoster4082]

I don’t think that in the case of 13 year old Bryony it was as simple as “lying”. She did have a delayed sense of theory of mind, could not yet understand the inner lives of others, did not yet understand sexuality, and saw the world around her as a kind of story that she ought to be able to control. Overly imaginative at best, possibly autistic on some level. A very intelligent, emotionally immature, developmentally asynchronous child. She did not intentionally cause the harm she caused. It would have been much easier to never own up, to never attempt to atone. I think she gets some forgiveness.

[@SJMJ91]

I have no idea how Robbie didn't hit her after what she did to him.

[@AnzuBrief]

He was a fragment of her imagination

[@xiopaovid1215]

He wouldn't have been able to, this scene never actually happened.

[@ChocolateBar1234]

She did say to her nurse friend that she had a crush on him and that was why she jumped into the lake when he said he'd save her :).

[@chicofoxo]

What Briony says at 6:07 and what Robbie asks after that is exactly what happens at the end of the book/film. Nice breadcrumb from the author.

[@HakunaMatataOT7]

I loved atonement, for all the characters and actors did superb job, not just McAvoy but Knightley, Ronan, cumberbatch et al.

[@Elizabethfarias-l1o]

Tan buena actuacion

[@xenia6131]

She loved a man who hated her

[@gustavocruz2677]

NO she didn't God, its only this movie that gave the impression, read the god damn book

[@wonder537]

gustavo cruz she loved him in the book as well, when she was younger and in this particular scene she wrote how she thought he looked incredibly handsome

[@Pix-tr7dp]

Briony's love for Robbie is explained in the book as well as in the film

[@stephens9083]

i never got that from the movie either. people are weird

[@Ben-yj8ye]

Stephen S there is a very specific scene when he rescues her from drowning and she hug him really tight

[@Diana-zl3ue]

The end KILLED ME so SAD

[@Claussii]

this is the best acting scene I guess I have ever seen!! you can feel the emotions..

[@MissJayG]

amazing acting. Best of the best.

[@lillianpandola9963]

James McAvoy is delicious

[@JT-gl5ou]

I can only recall another scene with such intense acting shot from the side of the actor's face...Michael Fassbender's argument with Carey Mulligan in Shame.

[@CJLOVE23]

This makes me so sad that this scene was fictional script in Briony’s book and the last time they actually saw each other after he was arrested was the diner scene. After that Briony made this part of the story up to “atone” for her mistake. I so wish it were real

[@aokikeiru]

They met each other for the last time at the restaurant scene and when Cecilia got in the bus to the hospital

[@assholable]

One of the most intense cinematic moments in Hollywood history

[@dani2o12]

He is fucking amazing!!!

[@redluca56]

I watch this, and see the part where Cecilia had to prevent Robbie from hitting Briony, and I like to think sometimes that maybe Robbie begins crying although trying to suppress it. He then sobs uncontrollably into Cecilia's shoulder whilst she looks at Briony. That would have been powerful, hammering home the PTSD that he suffers from.

[@aryufashita]

I wish we had a front shot of robbie's face during this scene (3:10 - 3:58)..that way we could see robbie's full face & expressions more clearly..

[@tutuldok]

posted 15 years ago... where did the time go

[@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701]

Mcavoy should’ve won an Oscar for this scene alone

[@okayokay3860]

Look in my eyes. Come back to me. Don’t be angry.”

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

Keira was disturbingly thin in this film. She seemed totally malnourished.

[@S3khm3t._]

Messylin don't worry alot of girls are naturally that thin.

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

She has always been thin but. Maybe it's cause they're trying to add to the war look

[@CJLOVE23]

She has a naturally thin frame. She reminds me of The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton. They both have naturally thin physiques. She’s not malnourished in any way. You can tell when someone is anorexic vs naturally petite

[@vaarn89]

She says, "I want to go in front of a judge and change my evidence, Cee" which is what they used to call Cecelia back before the crime.

[@nimeriastark2208]

13 year -old Briony showed better performance

[@Vidaluz09]

Yas! Saoirse Ronan is amazing!

[@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701]

Damn at least allow some recognition to this 18 year old actress she also did a great job

[@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701]

Vidaluz ON Damn at least allow some recognition to this 18 year old actress she also did a great job

[@redluca56]

Well they couldn't wait five years to film this scene with Saoirse Ronan. Give some credit to Romola Garai.

[@egallag2]

You should check out James and Romola in "Inside I'm' Dancing". They both do great Dublin accents. James's accent is particularly impressive, one of the best Irish accents I've heard from a non Irish actor; actually including Irish actors because Pierce Brosnan is Irish and can't do an Irish accent.

[@mrsnovakdjokovic]

Thanks for posting this I just read teh book and it was absolutely brilliant! Thanks a lot! =)

[@SilauProduction]

Thank you so much, I wanted to watch this movie again since I can't remember what it's all about anymore. But at this scene, the movie stuck, probably because of the scratches on the DVD, and it can continue while Briony being interviewed and explained what exactly happened (truth on what happened to Cecilia and Robbie).

[@jesicagabrielagonzalez7213]

Que actor por favor!!! Se merece pronto un oscar..

[@zakkido]

That's all I'm hearing "Come back, Come back to me" FUCK I love this movie

[@lisablisalisablisa]

Wow, people in this comment section don't have hearts. What would world look like if we judged each other so severe and especially if we wished death to people who commited crime at a young age? Briony's deed is not a type of a crime for which a human can not be forgiven for. In the modern world people MUST understand that a person, who genuinely repents, deserves mercy. Besides, her life after deaths of Robbie & Cecilia was clearly a torture. Nothing compares with a punishment like this.

[@lisablisalisablisa]

This scene, which is Briony's fantasy, indicates that she completely cutted herself off from them in her mind, she didn't think of her own inner peace at all and she didn't stop feeling guilty. So I just don't understand how commenters keep saying that she stayed an egoist 😞

[@Evelyn4eva]

james mcavoy is incredible in this scene!

[@missys1522]

I did not receive an evil impression of Briony that the movie has tried to portray after reading the book. She was a child who saw something traumatic that she didn’t understand in addition to an overactive imagination.

[@FantasmaLuna]

@oscarfun100 I agree. As an actress, I think Knightley has her ups and downs, but she's developed really well and in this film she sort of reminds me of Ingrid Bergman, especially in this scene. They all did a fantastic job, even the minor characters. Maybe it's due to Joe Wright's directing and why he wasn't even nominated for Best Director is a mystery to me.

[@CaminoAir]

[SPOILERS] I watched 'Atonement' for the first time this week (I hadn't read the novel). There were aspects of this scene that didn't seem 'right' to me. Robbie's complete lack of any empathic understanding of Briony (out of character for Robbie), Cee and Robbie's interaction and the line "He sleeps so deeply!" (not likely for a war veteran). These inconsistencies (I hadn't expected Robbie to survive Dunkirk) were explained at the end.

[@kittykizzle7460]

Numinous20111 exactly! When I first watched this, it bothered me how Robbie reacted, not because his reaction wasn't likely, or a totally valid response, but because it took away part of his kindness and humanity and love for people. Robbie wouldn't have reacted this way at all and it really was so out of character. I understood at the end why it was portrayed that way, although I don't know if it was intentional by the director or not. That was how Briony saw him reacting, because she is still killing herself over her guilt

[@carinabaptista9726]

Kat Grace I thought that when she said "he sleeps so deeply" she was talking about their baby, I thought I saw a baby when Briony was looking to the bedroom. Just to make sure I understood it correctly, there wasn't a baby and she was talking about Robbie, right?

[@pockiramen]

Carina Baptista yes, she was talking about Robbie. But if you watch the film, it's on Netflix, this event never actually happened.

[@jane-ox9xg]

She was probably being sarcastic about the whole “he sleeps so deeply”???

[@bryannarodrigues3158]

It is out of character because it's brionys story this is what she imagined their happy ending would be like thus the "he sleeps so deeply" she would have wanted him to have slept well ,and as for him being so angry that's also how she imagined him to have felt....so therefore it's not the actual characters but her imagination and a vent for her guilt

[@SilauProduction]

@venus0587 yeah, after all girls matured a lot earlier than boys, and how she kept the truth until she's dying is just heartbreaking. Say if she had told the truth, Robbie would never have to go to war, he would become a doctor perhaps. Cecilia instead of being a nurse, could live easily drinking evening tea in her home looking after theirs' children.

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

He probably would of still had to go to war TBH. Conscription would of made it mandatory. But yes, they would never have had to seperate like they did

[@professionalbystander2574]

Powerful scene. She was in love with Robbie as a child. What happened all stemmed from jealousy. 😮

[@alisynz4836]

what was on the bed that Briony was so intrigued by?

[@GeorgeGiann]

Alisɑ Yɑnzɑ lovers' bed.. She was madly in love with him if you can recall.

[@gustavocruz2677]

no she wasn't, read the book

[@Royal-rs8bt]

she thought of him as a rapist when now, he is just a innocent lover; her sister's lover

[@s50538]

no he doesnt have a 'mental disability' its just anger. the 'come back to me' bit is a motif bit of dialogue used throughout the whole film. Watch the whole thing and you'll work it out.

[@warjdani]

I wonder what Lola would've been thinking when she realized she married her attacker.

[@majaborciuch8829]

Lola knew who raped her.

[@eurekal1903]

5:40 " I don't believe you " when I realized the one I've been aiming at is innocent..

[@robincoulter3949]

brainy was such a monster

[@missydez]

i love this film. though my favorite scene is when briony asks robbie if he would save her if she fell in the water. thx for the scene anyhow :)

[@deadsaturn5942]

I agree.

[@RubiMercuri]

Brionys move here was so pointless, especially after the fact that the other two had just gotten married

[@Onmysheet]

4:29 Kieslowski reference!

[@qkqkjojo]

What do you mean?

[@Onmysheet]

黃馨平 You haven't seen The Double Life Of Veronique or the Three Colours trilogy?

[@RoseRose-og3rb]

so beautiful how cee to calm robby

[@Sapphire101MFS]

I hate how everyone in this movie and in the reviews races to a judge a 13 year old for something these two adults were also responsible for. Robbie still gave her an X-rated note in 1930 of all time periods and then he and Cee had sex in the goddamn library without locking the door. She didn’t understand and thought he raped her, which convinced her that Robbie was the rapist.

[@Ashkeya]

M. F.S I don’t deny that but she never fixed or atoned for her mistake. Robbie died and the people around him believed that he was a rapist that’s why I hate her.

[@zohaib319]

wonderful movie

[@stockard95]

I read the book. Honestly, I love reading this part rather than watching it. Overall, this movie is brilliant and I think it was cheated at the Oscars.

[@gustavocruz2677]

thank you for reading it

[@janetpotter8101]

I'm sorry if this has been answered. Is this scene 'real'? I read someone say it's not in the book, but for the film, did this meeting take place ?

[@TorisHideoutOG]

No, but it's a scene Bryony wrote in her book, which she titled "Atonement". It never happened because Robbie was shipped off to war before the event and by the time she'd tracked down Cecilia, she had drowned in the underground station and Robbie had died of septicemia. It's a scene she wrote in her book because it's the only way she would have found her atonement for the lie that ruined all their lives.

[@janetpotter8101]

+Francesca B. Thank you.

[@StikWitClassics]

Everyone was really hard on Danny Hardman just because he was a worker. If Cecilia wasn't in love with Robbie, she'd treat him the same way.

[@awol2602]

She became more formal (icily posh sounding) because of the huge tension perhaps ?

[@TheGummybears101]

Was that her at 4:32??

[@missydez]

oh i dont mind. i have the film. but thx for asking, and if u want u can post so tht others thn me can enjoy it :)

[@joewhitehead3]

So, did she or did she not know Robbie was innocent back when she made those accusations?

[@sullyguy1235]

Joe Whitehead she already had a preconceived idea that Robbie was a monster due to the letter and seeing Celia and Robbie in the library. When Lola's rape occurs, which Briony witnesses, the naive logic in her says it has to be Robbie. At the time she is sure it is Robbie due to the image of him she has constructed but there are lingering doubts over the reality of what she saw that haunt her throughout the rest of the novel. It wasn't done due to jealousy towards Robbie and Celia but because Briony cared about Celia and was trying to protect her. Briony treats real life like one of her stories where people are either wholly good or wholly bad and does not understand the sexual tension between Celia and Robbie and misconstrues it. The whole chain of events stems from Briony's naïveté and the sheltered life she lives. She is an unreliable narrator who observes events but is not mature enough to understand their emotional significance and narrows down her view of Robbie as a manifestation of unfettered sexual desire.

[@addie_is_me]

sullyguy1235 She saw the face of the attacker clearly. Benedict Cumberbatch and James McAvoy look nothing alike. I did not read the book, but in the movie she clearly sees it’s not Robbie.

[@avarageplayer200]

I thought this part was before Robbie was shipped out to war.. so so this just a imagination?

[@pastrypat4147]

Briony has a look of lili rienheart

[@jiminhong95]

No I just think of this as the ending of those three. I just can't stand Briony. Just can't stand pain of the sad ending.

[@donnarenee71]

Celia should've just let Robbie toss out Briony. 😏

[@descarado11]

@FantasmaLuna I totally agree, his acting was awesome!!!

[@harryburrows2112]

I forgive Briony, and I don't give a shit what anybody else says

[@addie_is_me]

Harry Burrows She didn’t ruin your life with a clear lie, so yeah, the hell with how everyone else feels. Lol

[@gee2541]

Addie Alexander It’s a book lmao

[@xidiamond6851]

@@gee2541 but to forgive her you'd have to think of it as real life and when you do thats it's more difficult

[@katmaw5910]

Hm, I'd like to make a point, here. Most likely an unpopular one. But I find that both Robbie and Cecilia were also responsible for what happened. Here you have Briony, a girl no older than 13 who has been kept away from themes of sex and romance. (Her accusations were not out of jealousy). Both her friend, Robbie, and her sister, Cecilia, are awfully secretive and frankly, I find Cecilia to be quite up-herself and Robbie to be utterly sexually forward. (Yes he did not intend to give THAT letter but he made it clear what was constantly going through his head). Briony sees Robbie seemingly force Cecilia to remove her clothes then reads a dreadful letter. Here, I will say, she most certainly should not have done. That was not her business. But then after a while, she stumbles into the library finding the two in said positions. No one says a thing! Cecilia, if she was a truly caring and responsible sister, would have gone to Briony and immediately explained matters to her to settle her fears. Better yet, had the conversation about sex beforehand! And Robbie, who's just been caught having seemingly forceful sex on Cecilia by Briony does not bother to explain himself, either! This is not a matter of "I shouldn't have to explain myself to anyone", this is a matter of being responsible for your actions. Finally, Briony's cousin is raped and so far, everything seems to be lining up with the assumption of Robbie being the culprit. I find it awful and terrible that Briony then gave an account that she herself knew was not entirely certain and she was not 100% assured on. That damages lives, as it indeed did. But she could think of no one else and, actually, no one truly objected. Cecilia, again, should have explained things to Briony, privately, prior to the investigation and when she was informed of Briony's word against Robbie, all she stated was "not to believe everything she says". Not exactly helpful nor objective and I was surprised that she was not immediately infuriated or concerned by the accusation towards the person she loved. She simply acted nonchalantly. I do think it's sad that after everything that Robbie had done for the family, he was not even given the chance to be treated as more than a servant. Finally, everyone may refer to how you can be so unaware of the difference between right and wrong at 13 years of age. Of course you know certain differences. But if you live in an environment where that kind of right and wrong is not really spoken of, the teenager won't really be aware. Besides, even today people react differently and take time to process such information. Honestly, I don't blame Robbie for being angry with Briony and Cecilia becoming distant with her. But for him to want to kill her. There's no excuse. He could have tried to explain things. Cecilia should have done so much more as the older sister and the one who was supposed to do anything for Robbie. They seemed to have had matured a little bit. But I still don't like them as they hadn't taken on their responsibilities. Finally... I think the film overdid the romance of the two. They seemed more like head-over-heels teenagers than actual adults as they seemed to be constantly focused on jumping into bed than actually having a conversation. Of course, I suppose that would make sense as Briony wrote the false ending based on what she could have thought of and recalled and all she remembered them as were a passionate Romeo and Juliet. Overall, I did enjoy the film. And I've no doubt some people are going to dislike my comment.

[@wrapmeindreams]

Kat Maw this is such an interesting perspective!

[@Matteuccishane]

Nobody know he want to kill her and he never said he want to kill her. This scene is briony own imagination so every word robbie said came from briony head. Some kids are evil cant always blame adults

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

I would not say Robbie wants to kill her. Just attack her