On
a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony
Tallis witnesses a moment's flirtation between
her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner (James
McAvoy), the son of a servant and Cecilia's childhood
friend. But Briony's incomplete grasp of adult
motives-together with her precocious literary
gifts-brings about a crime that will change all
their lives. |