The title is perfectly adapted to a film of terrible misunderstandings and remorse

Rating: 9/10 (3 January 2019)

The movie is a series of events that brings to Briony's atonement after a life of guilt and remorse. At the very beginning, when she is 13, we see her as a girl who cannot do her own business and we can't stand her anymore when she denounces Robbie mistakenly (for the rape of her cousin), following only her childish paranoia. By doing this she also prevents him and Cecilia from being happy toghether. During the war she has turned adult and we're glad to see the her repentance for what she has done. We are also happy to see Robbie and Cecilia finally reunited after their war adventures. And at the end two twists that upset what we have watched until now: we discover that Briony's cousin has married her real rapist (which has become famous in the meanwhile) and that both Robbie and Cecilia have died during the war. It's Briony herself that reveals it to us, presenting her last book, 59 years later. Not having had the chance to redeem herself with her sister, she rewrites her story, giving her back the lost happiness. One of the best finals I've ever seen.