《Atonement》　赎罪　悲剧无可遏制也无法挽回

No.087　《Atonement》　赎罪　悲剧无可遏制也无法挽回

英文导读

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.

获奖情况

2008年第80届奥斯卡：最佳原创配乐奖，并荣获最佳影片提名、最佳女配角提名、最佳艺术指导提名、最佳改编剧本提名、最佳摄影提名、最佳服装设计提名。

影片信息

导演：乔·怀特

编剧：克里斯托弗·汉普顿、伊恩·麦克尤恩

主演：詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊、凯拉·奈特莉、西尔莎·罗南、萝玛拉·嘉瑞

类型：剧情、爱情、悬疑、战争

制片国家（地区）：英国、法国

上映日期：2007-09-07（英国）

片长：123分钟

又名：《爱·诱·罪》

剧情简介

一个地位显赫、家境富足的13岁小姑娘布利奥妮·泰丽斯，处在一个想象力丰富的年纪，也是她那丰富的想象力，把自己的姐姐推入了万劫不复的痛苦中……

罗比·特纳是泰丽斯家管家的儿子，是一位受过良好教育、志向远大的小伙子，对性格坚毅的塞西莉亚（布利奥妮的姐姐）情有独钟。两人处在热恋之中，却不想被布利奥妮误会罗比·特纳是强奸犯，后者因而锒铛入狱。但是，真正的强奸犯却与受害者——她们的表姐劳拉在一起。

第二次世界大战开始了，塞西莉亚和出狱后的罗比都投入了保卫祖国的战斗中，布利奥妮放弃到剑桥大学的机会，成为一名军队医务人员。没有人能理解她的做法，只有她知道她怀揣着巨大的秘密和自责。她鼓起勇气，想把这秘密解开，以真正赎罪和得到宽恕。然而，世事变幻，出乎布利奥妮的预料……

心结难开的布利奥妮，花费了她毕生的经历将这场致命误会写成情真意切的小说，期待有朝一日能真相大白于天下，还这对有情人清白。

制作花絮

本片是第64届威尼斯国际电影节的开幕影片，导演乔·怀特仅35岁，他算是在这样的盛会中作为开幕影片的最年轻的导演。这部影片也是导演乔·怀特、制片保罗·维伯斯多自《傲慢与偏见》后再次与凯拉·奈特利合作。

在片中出现的法国城市敦克尔克实际上是英国的小镇里德卡。

艾米莉·沃特森和克里斯汀·斯科特·托马斯都曾试图出演艾美利·塔利斯这个角色。

艾比·考尼什曾考虑饰演18岁时的毕欧尼，但是因为与《辉煌年代》的演出时间冲突就退出了。

敦克尔克的街头景和发电机房的景都是在格里姆斯比码头拍摄的。

罗莫拉·盖瑞四天就拍完了她的所有场景。

导演乔·怀特没看过小说就先开始拍摄了。

重点学习

Who has a crush on Robbie

在文中，crush作为名词使用，在美国口语中，它有“迷恋，热恋；迷恋的对象”的意思，所以文中has (have) a crush on是“（稚气地）爱着，迷恋上…，深深地爱上…”，尤其指少年早恋，常用于口语中，比如：What makes you think he might have a crush on me?（什么使你认为他可能迷恋于我呢？）

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“甚至罗比没有犯罪，竟然被指控为一个罪犯。”比如：Some people go so far as to say that time does not really exist; it is all in the mind, they claim.（有些人竟然说时间根本不存在，他们宣称都是心理在作崇。）

单词时间

privilege[ˈprivilidʒ] n. 特权；优待；基本权利

mansion[ˈmænʃən] n. 大厦；宅邸

hothouse[ˈhɔthaus] adj. 温室的；过分保护的；娇弱的

atmosphere[ˈætməˌsfiə] n. 气氛；大气；空气

headstrong[ˈhedstrɔŋ] adj. 任性的；顽固的；刚愎的

combust[kəmˈbʌst] vt. 燃烧；消耗

forgiveness[fəˈɡivnis] n. 宽恕；宽仁之心

courageous[kəˈreidʒəs] adj. 有胆量的，勇敢的

atonement[əˈtəunmənt] n. 赎罪；补偿，弥补

brilliant[ˈbriljənt] adj. 灿烂的，闪耀的；杰出的；有才气的