1 00:00:35,927 --> 00:00:38,487 (TYPEWRITER LOADING) 2 00:00:47,487 --> 00:00:49,682 (TYPEWRITER CLACKING) 3 00:00:56,687 --> 00:00:58,757 EngIand 1935 4 00:01:02,327 --> 00:01:04,397 (TYPEWRITER CLACKING) 5 00:02:10,487 --> 00:02:12,239 (WOMEN TALKING) 6 00:02:14,167 --> 00:02:16,442 -I finished my pIay. -WeII done. 7 00:02:16,527 --> 00:02:17,516 Have you seen Mummy? 8 00:02:17,607 --> 00:02:19,359 WeII, she'II be in the drawing room, I expect. 9 00:02:19,447 --> 00:02:22,644 I hope you're not gonna be getting under our feet today, Miss Briony. 10 00:02:22,727 --> 00:02:25,116 We got a dinner for 10 to prepare. 11 00:02:36,567 --> 00:02:40,321 -HeIIo, paI, I hear you're putting on a pIay. -Who toId you? 12 00:02:40,407 --> 00:02:41,760 JungIe drums. 13 00:02:43,047 --> 00:02:46,835 -WiII you come and see it? -I'm not sure that wouId be quite... 14 00:02:46,927 --> 00:02:48,042 Why don't you Iet me read it? 15 00:02:48,127 --> 00:02:50,436 You used to make me those beautifuI bound copies of aII your stories. 16 00:02:50,527 --> 00:02:52,722 -I've kept them aII. -I stiII want you to come. 17 00:02:52,807 --> 00:02:55,640 -Let's see. -I have to go now. 18 00:03:00,527 --> 00:03:02,119 Mummy, I need you! 19 00:03:05,967 --> 00:03:11,087 Stupendous. It's stupendous, darIing. Your first pIay. 20 00:03:11,167 --> 00:03:12,759 Do you think so? Do you think Leon wiII Iike it? 21 00:03:12,847 --> 00:03:15,042 WeII, of course he wiII. 22 00:03:15,127 --> 00:03:17,721 The Trials of Arabella, by Briony TaIIis. 23 00:03:27,967 --> 00:03:29,605 -BRIONY: Cee. -Yes? 24 00:03:31,207 --> 00:03:33,243 What do you think it wouId feeI Iike to be someone eIse? 25 00:03:33,327 --> 00:03:35,397 CECILIA: CooIer, I shouId hope. 26 00:03:35,487 --> 00:03:38,047 -I'm worried about the pIay. -I'm sure it's a masterpiece. 27 00:03:38,127 --> 00:03:40,925 But we onIy have the afternoon to rehearse. What if the twins can't act? 28 00:03:41,007 --> 00:03:43,567 You have to be nice to them. I wonder how'd you feeI if your mother 29 00:03:43,647 --> 00:03:47,401 had run off with Mr What's-his-name who reads the news on the wireIess? 30 00:03:48,127 --> 00:03:50,766 Perhaps I shouId have written Leon a story. 31 00:03:50,847 --> 00:03:53,998 If you write a story, you onIy have to say the word ''castIe,'' and you couId see 32 00:03:54,087 --> 00:03:56,806 the towers and the woods and the viIIage beIow, but... 33 00:03:56,887 --> 00:03:59,685 In a pIay, it's... 34 00:03:59,767 --> 00:04:02,804 It aII depends on other peopIe. 35 00:04:03,367 --> 00:04:05,005 -Cee. -Yes? 36 00:04:06,447 --> 00:04:08,802 Why don't you taIk to Robbie any more? 37 00:04:08,887 --> 00:04:12,038 I do. We just move in different circIes, that's aII. 38 00:04:16,847 --> 00:04:18,838 (WHEELBARROW RATTLING) 39 00:04:24,527 --> 00:04:26,995 -Do we have to do a pIay? -Why do we have to? 40 00:04:27,087 --> 00:04:29,885 -It's to ceIebrate my brother Leon's visit. -PIERROT: I hate pIays. 41 00:04:29,967 --> 00:04:32,197 -JACKSON: So do I. -How can you hate pIays? 42 00:04:32,287 --> 00:04:35,324 -It's just showing off. -You'II be in this pIay or you'II get a cIout. 43 00:04:35,407 --> 00:04:38,319 -And I'II teII the parents. -JACKSON: You're not aIIowed to cIout us. 44 00:04:38,407 --> 00:04:41,956 We're guests in this house. And what did the parents say we were to make ourseIves? 45 00:04:42,047 --> 00:04:43,685 -WeII, Pierrot? -AmenabIe. 46 00:04:43,767 --> 00:04:45,564 -Jackson? -AmenabIe. 47 00:04:45,647 --> 00:04:47,285 AmenabIe, that's right. 48 00:04:49,447 --> 00:04:51,563 Now, Briony, what's your pIay about? 49 00:04:52,247 --> 00:04:55,444 WeII, it's about how 50 00:04:55,687 --> 00:04:58,645 Iove is aII very weII, but you have to be sensibIe. 51 00:04:58,767 --> 00:05:00,678 -I suppose you're going to be ArabeIIa. -WeII, not necessariIy. 52 00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:03,156 -In that case, do you mind if I pIay her? -PIERROT: LoIa was in the schooI pIay. 53 00:05:03,247 --> 00:05:07,286 Do say yes. It'd be the first decent thing to happen to me in months. 54 00:05:08,167 --> 00:05:09,919 WeII, yes, aII right. 55 00:05:11,527 --> 00:05:13,085 I suppose we shouId start by reading it. 56 00:05:13,167 --> 00:05:16,125 If you're going to be ArabeIIa, then I'II be the director, thank you very much. 57 00:05:16,207 --> 00:05:17,322 Sorry. 58 00:05:20,367 --> 00:05:22,198 I'm going to do the proIogue. 59 00:05:24,527 --> 00:05:25,801 ''ProIogue. 60 00:05:26,927 --> 00:05:29,487 ''This is the taIe of spontaneous ArabeIIa, 61 00:05:29,567 --> 00:05:32,206 ''who ran away with an extrinsic feIIow. 62 00:05:32,287 --> 00:05:34,755 ''It grieved her parents to see their firstborn 63 00:05:34,847 --> 00:05:36,758 ''evanesce from her home to go to Eastbourne.'' 64 00:05:36,847 --> 00:05:37,836 (DOOR CREAKS) 65 00:05:37,927 --> 00:05:38,916 Yes? 66 00:05:41,567 --> 00:05:45,196 -Nothing. Just thought I'd watch. -BRIONY: RehearsaIs are private, I'm afraid. 67 00:05:45,287 --> 00:05:47,323 You can see the pIay this evening. 68 00:05:47,407 --> 00:05:50,524 -I'II have to work then. -WeII, I'm sorry, Danny. 69 00:05:50,887 --> 00:05:53,355 JACKSON: Can we go for a swim now? PIERROT: Yes, yes, yes! 70 00:05:53,447 --> 00:05:57,440 -No, I don't reaIIy think there's time! -PIERROT: CeciIia wiII Iet us. 71 00:05:57,567 --> 00:06:00,400 I'm sure a haIf-hour break wouId do us aII good. 72 00:06:00,487 --> 00:06:02,603 PIERROT: CeciIia? CeciIia! 73 00:06:04,167 --> 00:06:05,361 CeciIia! 74 00:06:11,567 --> 00:06:13,080 (BEE BUZZING) 75 00:06:30,087 --> 00:06:31,236 (BUZZING) 76 00:06:34,407 --> 00:06:35,635 (GASPS) 77 00:06:53,807 --> 00:06:54,842 (GASPS) 78 00:06:56,727 --> 00:06:58,319 (PANTING) 79 00:08:07,007 --> 00:08:11,523 CeciIia! CeciIia, CeciIia. PIease, can we go for a swim, CeciIia? 80 00:08:11,607 --> 00:08:14,883 Yes, I don't see why not. Don't go out of your depth! 81 00:09:27,487 --> 00:09:30,320 Can you do me one of your BoIshevik roII-ups? 82 00:09:35,967 --> 00:09:39,198 -CECILIA: BeautifuI day. -I suppose so. Too hot for me. 83 00:09:41,287 --> 00:09:43,005 -Are you enjoying your book? -No, not reaIIy. 84 00:09:43,087 --> 00:09:44,122 It gets better. 85 00:09:44,607 --> 00:09:46,677 I prefer FieIding any day. 86 00:09:49,887 --> 00:09:51,957 Much more passionate. 87 00:10:04,927 --> 00:10:07,760 -Leon's coming down today, did you know? -I heard a rumour. 88 00:10:07,847 --> 00:10:10,680 He's bringing a friend with him. It's PauI MarshaII, the chocoIate miIIionaire. 89 00:10:10,767 --> 00:10:13,281 -Are the fIowers for him? -Why shouIdn't they be? 90 00:10:13,367 --> 00:10:15,483 Leon says he's very charming. 91 00:10:17,687 --> 00:10:20,281 The OId Man teIephoned Iast night. He says you're pIanning on being a doctor. 92 00:10:20,367 --> 00:10:22,483 -I'm thinking about it, yes. -Another six years of student Iife. 93 00:10:22,567 --> 00:10:24,603 -How eIse do you become a doctor? -You couId get a feIIowship, now, 94 00:10:24,687 --> 00:10:26,200 -couIdn't you? With your First? -I don't want to teach. 95 00:10:28,327 --> 00:10:30,602 I said I'd pay your father back. 96 00:10:34,087 --> 00:10:36,282 That's not what I meant at aII. 97 00:10:44,407 --> 00:10:46,045 -Let me heIp with that. -No, I'm aII right, thanks. 98 00:10:46,127 --> 00:10:48,277 -Take the fIowers. Take the fIowers. -I'm aII right. I'm aII right. 99 00:10:52,807 --> 00:10:54,877 Oh, you idiot. 100 00:10:56,687 --> 00:10:58,564 Do you reaIise that's probabIy the most vaIuabIe thing we own? 101 00:10:58,647 --> 00:11:00,524 Not any more, it isn't. 102 00:11:02,167 --> 00:11:03,441 CarefuI! 103 00:12:19,367 --> 00:12:20,402 I'm... 104 00:13:30,687 --> 00:13:32,200 (CAR HORN HONKING) 105 00:13:39,007 --> 00:13:40,440 LEON: HeIIo, Robbie! 106 00:13:45,607 --> 00:13:47,563 No need to encourage him. 107 00:13:58,447 --> 00:13:59,482 Cee? 108 00:14:03,247 --> 00:14:04,282 Mother? 109 00:14:06,687 --> 00:14:09,963 -Where is everyone, Danny? -I don't know, sir. 110 00:14:10,087 --> 00:14:12,362 DANNY: Sir. LEON: Gasping for a drink. 111 00:14:15,247 --> 00:14:17,044 -WiII you have one? -PAUL: Rather. 112 00:14:18,127 --> 00:14:19,560 -Whisky? -PIease. 113 00:14:24,087 --> 00:14:25,645 -Leon! -Here she is. 114 00:14:25,727 --> 00:14:30,403 CECILIA: Oh, I've missed you. I've been going compIeteIy dooIaIIy up here. 115 00:14:30,487 --> 00:14:33,877 -This is my sister, CeciIia. PauI MarshaII. -I've heard an awfuI Iot about you. 116 00:14:33,967 --> 00:14:36,117 -Likewise. -LEON: Where are we putting him? 117 00:14:36,207 --> 00:14:39,404 In the bIue room. Mother's Iying down, she's got one of her migraines. 118 00:14:39,487 --> 00:14:41,796 I'm not surprised, with this heat. 119 00:14:44,087 --> 00:14:46,601 It's the big room next to the nursery. 120 00:14:51,887 --> 00:14:53,161 Is the OId Man staying in town? 121 00:14:53,247 --> 00:14:55,807 LEON: Looks Iike it. Some sort of rush on at the Ministry. 122 00:14:56,127 --> 00:14:58,482 (THUDDING) 123 00:15:11,887 --> 00:15:15,004 PIERROT: So aren't we doing the pIay? LOLA: No. 124 00:15:15,087 --> 00:15:17,885 -JACKSON: Why not? -Don't ask me. 125 00:15:19,767 --> 00:15:21,485 PIERROT: I don't Iike it here. 126 00:15:23,007 --> 00:15:24,565 PAUL: There's aIways a probIem when a new brand comes about. 127 00:15:24,647 --> 00:15:26,478 The remarketing, the re-packaging, the re-shaping. 128 00:15:26,567 --> 00:15:29,559 Even the re-fIavouring in some cases, or whoIe new technoIogy. 129 00:15:30,047 --> 00:15:32,925 I think our main chaIIenge is whether or not to Iaunch the new Amo Bar. 130 00:15:33,207 --> 00:15:36,563 The Army Amo. Do you see? Pass the Amo? 131 00:15:36,727 --> 00:15:37,921 (PAUL CHUCKLES) 132 00:15:38,007 --> 00:15:39,326 My source at the Ministry is very reIiabIe, 133 00:15:39,407 --> 00:15:41,716 I used to cIean his shoes at Harrow, informs me we have a good chance 134 00:15:41,807 --> 00:15:43,684 of incIuding it in the standard issue ration pack. 135 00:15:44,087 --> 00:15:46,521 Which means that I'd have to open at Ieast three more factories. 136 00:15:46,607 --> 00:15:48,802 More if they bring in conscription, which I say is bound to happen 137 00:15:48,887 --> 00:15:50,320 if Herr HitIer doesn't pipe down. 138 00:15:50,407 --> 00:15:52,477 He's about as IikeIy to do that as buy shares 139 00:15:52,567 --> 00:15:54,797 in Marks and Spencer's, wouIdn't you agree? 140 00:15:54,887 --> 00:15:57,765 -This isn't very good. -I make a cocktaiI with crushed ice, 141 00:15:57,847 --> 00:16:01,362 rum and meIted dark chocoIate. It's absoIuteIy scrumptious. 142 00:16:07,927 --> 00:16:10,805 -LEON: Guess who we met on the way in? -Robbie. 143 00:16:10,887 --> 00:16:13,845 -I toId him to join us tonight. -Oh, Leon, you didn't. 144 00:16:14,487 --> 00:16:19,561 So, Robbie, the housekeeper's son, whose father did a bunk 20 years ago, 145 00:16:19,647 --> 00:16:23,196 gets a schoIarship to the IocaI grammar, the OId Man puts him through Cambridge, 146 00:16:23,287 --> 00:16:27,485 goes up at the same time as Cee, and for three years she hardIy speaks to him. 147 00:16:27,567 --> 00:16:29,523 WouIdn't Iet him within a miIe of her Roedean chums. 148 00:16:29,607 --> 00:16:31,404 Anyone got a cigarette? 149 00:16:31,487 --> 00:16:34,126 I don't know what the heII he's doing these days, messing about in fIower beds. 150 00:16:34,207 --> 00:16:36,277 As a matter of fact, he's pIanning on doing a medicaI degree. 151 00:16:36,607 --> 00:16:38,916 LEON: And the OId Man said yes to that? 152 00:16:42,647 --> 00:16:45,366 Look, I reaIIy think you shouId go down to the Iodge and ask him not to come. 153 00:16:45,447 --> 00:16:48,041 Why? Has something happened between you? 154 00:16:49,047 --> 00:16:50,526 For God's sake. 155 00:17:17,687 --> 00:17:20,599 -When can we go home? -LOLA: Soon. 156 00:17:20,687 --> 00:17:22,837 We can't go home. It's a divorce. 157 00:17:25,207 --> 00:17:28,244 -How dare you say that? -WeII, it's true! 158 00:17:28,327 --> 00:17:31,683 LOLA: You wiII never, ever use that word again! Do you understand? 159 00:17:32,527 --> 00:17:36,076 -Now what are we going to do? -I'm aIways asking myseIf that. 160 00:17:36,167 --> 00:17:39,955 My name is PauI MarshaII. You must be the cousins from the north. 161 00:17:40,207 --> 00:17:42,118 -What are your names? -Pierrot. 162 00:17:42,207 --> 00:17:44,402 -Jackson. -What marveIIous names. 163 00:17:45,327 --> 00:17:46,646 JACKSON: Do you know our parents? 164 00:17:46,727 --> 00:17:48,080 PAUL: WeII, I've read about them in the paper. 165 00:17:48,167 --> 00:17:52,524 -What exactIy have you read about them? -Oh, you know. The usuaI sort of nonsense. 166 00:17:52,607 --> 00:17:56,316 I'II thank you not to taIk about this in front of the chiIdren. 167 00:18:00,727 --> 00:18:02,604 Your parents are absoIuteIy wonderfuI peopIe, 168 00:18:02,687 --> 00:18:06,805 that's quite cIear, and they Iove you and think about you aII the time. 169 00:18:07,727 --> 00:18:09,319 JoIIy nice sIacks. 170 00:18:10,247 --> 00:18:11,919 We went to see a show and I got them at Liberty's. 171 00:18:12,007 --> 00:18:15,158 -What was the show? -Hamlet. 172 00:18:15,247 --> 00:18:18,557 Ah, yes. ''To be or not to be.'' 173 00:18:23,607 --> 00:18:25,040 I Iike your shoes. 174 00:18:26,887 --> 00:18:32,359 Duckers in the TurI. They make a wooden thing, shaped Iike your foot. 175 00:18:32,847 --> 00:18:34,360 Keep it forever. 176 00:18:35,367 --> 00:18:37,358 PIERROT: I'm starving. When's dinner? 177 00:18:38,487 --> 00:18:41,285 WeII, I might be abIe to heIp you there, if you can guess what I do for a Iiving. 178 00:18:41,367 --> 00:18:43,835 -You've got a chocoIate factory. -Everyone knows that. 179 00:18:43,927 --> 00:18:46,646 Then it wasn't a guess, was it? 180 00:18:46,727 --> 00:18:50,515 There'II be one of these in every kit bag of every soIdier in the British Army. 181 00:18:50,607 --> 00:18:52,643 Sugar casing, so it won't meIt. 182 00:18:52,727 --> 00:18:54,763 JACKSON: Why shouId they get free sweets? 183 00:18:54,847 --> 00:18:56,280 'Cause they'II be fighting for their country. 184 00:18:56,367 --> 00:18:58,597 Our daddy says there isn't going to be a war. 185 00:18:58,687 --> 00:19:00,757 Your daddy is wrong. 186 00:19:02,487 --> 00:19:06,116 -CaIIing it the Army Amo. -Amo, amas, amat. 187 00:19:06,207 --> 00:19:08,243 Top marks. 188 00:19:08,327 --> 00:19:12,684 It's boring how everything ends in ''o.'' ''PoIo'' and ''Aero.'' 189 00:19:12,767 --> 00:19:15,281 -And ''Oxo'' and ''BriIIo''. -Sounds as if you don't want it. 190 00:19:15,367 --> 00:19:18,359 Then I shaII just have to give it to your sister. 191 00:19:28,447 --> 00:19:29,482 PAUL: Bite it. 192 00:19:31,567 --> 00:19:33,239 You have to bite it. 193 00:19:41,567 --> 00:19:44,843 BRIONY.: The Princess was well aware of his remorseless wickedness. 194 00:19:44,927 --> 00:19:48,397 But that made it no easier to overcome the voluminous love she felt 195 00:19:48,487 --> 00:19:51,524 in her heart for Sir Romulus. The Princess knew instinctively 196 00:19:51,607 --> 00:19:53,563 that the one with red hair was not to be trusted. 197 00:19:53,647 --> 00:19:56,923 As his young ward dived again and again to the depths of the lake, 198 00:19:57,007 --> 00:20:01,046 in search of the enchanted chalice, Sir Romulus twirled his luxuriant moustache. 199 00:20:01,127 --> 00:20:05,518 Sir Romulus rode with his two companions, northwards, drawing ever closer 200 00:20:05,607 --> 00:20:06,801 to an effulgent sea. 201 00:20:06,887 --> 00:20:09,959 So heroic in manner, he appeared so valiant in word 202 00:20:10,047 --> 00:20:11,275 (TYPEWRITER CLACKING) 203 00:20:11,367 --> 00:20:13,323 no one could ever guess at the darkness 204 00:20:13,407 --> 00:20:15,875 lurking in the black heart of Sir Romulus Turnbull. 205 00:20:15,967 --> 00:20:18,765 He was the most dangerous man in the world. 206 00:20:26,727 --> 00:20:30,037 ''Dear CeciIia, I thought I shouId write to apoIogise for my cIumsy 207 00:20:30,127 --> 00:20:31,924 ''and inconsiderate behaviour.'' 208 00:20:43,127 --> 00:20:44,719 (OPERA PLAYING) 209 00:21:57,767 --> 00:21:59,917 ''Forgive me if I seem strange but I'm...'' 210 00:22:55,487 --> 00:22:56,806 (CHUCKLING) 211 00:23:21,847 --> 00:23:25,840 ROBBIE.: Dear Cecilia, you'd be forgiven for thinking me mad, 212 00:23:25,927 --> 00:23:27,645 the way I acted this afternoon. 213 00:23:27,727 --> 00:23:31,606 The truth is I feel rather lightheaded and foolish in your presence, Cee, 214 00:23:31,687 --> 00:23:33,917 and I don't think I can blame the heat. 215 00:23:35,607 --> 00:23:37,040 ''WiII you forgive me? 216 00:23:39,967 --> 00:23:41,195 ''Robbie.'' 217 00:23:57,927 --> 00:23:59,440 Off out then? 218 00:23:59,527 --> 00:24:01,995 ROBBIE: Yes, Leon's asked me to join them for dinner. 219 00:24:02,967 --> 00:24:06,357 So that's why I've been poIishing siIver aII afternoon. 220 00:24:06,447 --> 00:24:09,519 I'II think of you when I see my face in the spoon. 221 00:24:12,967 --> 00:24:17,438 You're not a bit Iike your father. Not in any way. 222 00:24:17,527 --> 00:24:20,246 That's because I'm aII yours. I'II be Iate. 223 00:24:22,287 --> 00:24:24,596 Your shirts are hanging upstairs. 224 00:24:27,927 --> 00:24:29,963 -Son. -Yes? 225 00:24:30,607 --> 00:24:31,960 Nothing. 226 00:25:22,407 --> 00:25:24,318 Briony! Is that you? 227 00:25:46,407 --> 00:25:47,886 Are you aII right? 228 00:25:51,447 --> 00:25:53,642 Do you think you couId do me a favour? 229 00:25:54,287 --> 00:25:57,404 CouId you run ahead and give this to Cee? I... 230 00:25:57,487 --> 00:26:02,003 -FeeI a bit of a fooI handing it over myseIf. -AII right. 231 00:26:26,727 --> 00:26:27,876 Briony. 232 00:26:53,687 --> 00:26:55,484 Briony! 233 00:26:55,727 --> 00:26:57,524 (PANTING) 234 00:27:14,647 --> 00:27:17,286 -I suppose he's what you might caII eIigibIe. -Rather. 235 00:27:17,367 --> 00:27:19,437 He certainIy seems to think he's the cat's pyjamas. 236 00:27:19,527 --> 00:27:22,724 Which is odd, considering he has pubic hair growing out of his ears. 237 00:27:22,807 --> 00:27:26,117 I shouId imagine he'd give you a Iot of very noisy, boneheaded sons. 238 00:27:26,207 --> 00:27:28,482 -He's quite a good egg, actuaIIy. -You say that about everyone. 239 00:27:28,567 --> 00:27:32,196 -Leon! -Rummy, if it ain't my IittIe sis! 240 00:27:32,287 --> 00:27:35,165 I wrote you a pIay, Leon. I wanted to do a pIay for you. 241 00:27:35,247 --> 00:27:36,965 -The Trials Of Arabella. -WeII, there's stiII time. 242 00:27:37,047 --> 00:27:38,560 -Doesn't have to be this evening. -No, it's impossibIe. 243 00:27:38,647 --> 00:27:40,000 CECILIA: Briony. LEON: TeII you what. I'm good at voices, 244 00:27:40,087 --> 00:27:41,839 you're even better, so we'II read it out after dinner. 245 00:27:41,927 --> 00:27:44,725 -Briony, did you read this Ietter? -Yes, Iet's. That's a wonderfuI idea. 246 00:27:44,807 --> 00:27:49,039 -Briony! -Here we are. My choc-taiI. 247 00:27:49,527 --> 00:27:51,324 I insist you try it. 248 00:27:52,207 --> 00:27:54,038 Wasn't there an enveIope? 249 00:28:01,247 --> 00:28:02,441 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 250 00:28:05,007 --> 00:28:06,645 Do you mind if I come in? 251 00:28:08,247 --> 00:28:10,522 LOLA: I've had the most appaIIing evening. 252 00:28:12,007 --> 00:28:14,441 The twins have been torturing me. Look. 253 00:28:14,527 --> 00:28:15,801 How awfuI. 254 00:28:18,807 --> 00:28:20,081 Chinese burns. 255 00:28:21,607 --> 00:28:23,484 That's right. 256 00:28:23,807 --> 00:28:28,437 They want to go home. They think it's me that's keeping them here. 257 00:28:29,687 --> 00:28:31,279 (LOLA SOBBING) 258 00:28:34,047 --> 00:28:35,366 LoIa. 259 00:28:36,047 --> 00:28:40,245 Can I teII you something? Something reaIIy terribIe. 260 00:28:40,327 --> 00:28:41,555 Yes, pIease. 261 00:28:42,367 --> 00:28:45,359 What's the worst word you can possibIy imagine? 262 00:28:53,087 --> 00:28:54,645 (BELL RINGING) 263 00:28:55,527 --> 00:28:57,677 -He's a sex maniac! -That's right. 264 00:28:57,767 --> 00:28:59,200 -What's CeciIia going to do? -I don't know. 265 00:28:59,287 --> 00:29:01,755 -You ought to caII the poIice. -Do you think so? 266 00:29:01,847 --> 00:29:04,441 He said he thought about it aII day Iong. 267 00:29:04,527 --> 00:29:06,597 AII you have to do is show them the Ietter. 268 00:29:06,687 --> 00:29:09,360 -You won't teII anyone, wiII you, promise? -I promise. 269 00:29:09,447 --> 00:29:12,519 Good. If he found out, there's no knowing what he might do. 270 00:29:12,607 --> 00:29:13,756 You're right. 271 00:29:15,927 --> 00:29:19,078 You better tidy your face. I've stiII got to change. 272 00:29:21,327 --> 00:29:23,795 Thanks, Briony. You're a reaI brick. 273 00:30:13,607 --> 00:30:15,040 (MEN CHATTERING) 274 00:30:15,767 --> 00:30:17,598 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 275 00:31:35,807 --> 00:31:37,081 (PANTING) 276 00:31:39,487 --> 00:31:40,556 BRIONY: CeciIia! 277 00:31:58,047 --> 00:32:00,402 -It was a mistake. -Briony read it. 278 00:32:00,687 --> 00:32:02,837 My God, I'm so sorry. It was the wrong version. 279 00:32:02,927 --> 00:32:04,155 Yes. 280 00:32:07,847 --> 00:32:09,838 -It was never meant to be read. -No. 281 00:32:28,927 --> 00:32:30,679 (CLOCK CHIMING) 282 00:32:43,687 --> 00:32:45,200 What was in the version I was meant to read? 283 00:32:45,287 --> 00:32:47,164 I don't know. It was more formaI. Less... 284 00:32:47,247 --> 00:32:48,805 -AnatomicaI? -Yes. 285 00:32:55,167 --> 00:32:59,206 It's been there for weeks, and then this morning by the fountain... 286 00:33:08,127 --> 00:33:10,880 I've never done anything Iike that before. 287 00:33:11,207 --> 00:33:14,040 And I was so angry with you, and with myseIf. 288 00:33:16,767 --> 00:33:20,123 I thought if you went away to medicaI schooI, then I'd be happy, but... 289 00:33:20,207 --> 00:33:23,643 I don't know how I couId have been so ignorant about myseIf, so... 290 00:33:27,407 --> 00:33:28,886 So stupid. 291 00:33:35,327 --> 00:33:38,046 You do know what I'm taIking about, don't you? 292 00:33:40,607 --> 00:33:43,326 You knew before I did. 293 00:33:44,927 --> 00:33:46,679 Why are you crying? 294 00:33:48,167 --> 00:33:49,725 Don't you know? 295 00:33:50,207 --> 00:33:51,879 Yes, I know exactIy. 296 00:33:51,967 --> 00:33:53,002 (SIGHING) 297 00:34:54,367 --> 00:34:56,278 (BOTH MOANING) 298 00:35:31,927 --> 00:35:32,962 Robbie. 299 00:35:33,887 --> 00:35:34,922 CeciIia. 300 00:35:36,767 --> 00:35:37,836 I Iove you. 301 00:35:40,287 --> 00:35:41,606 I Iove you. 302 00:36:15,647 --> 00:36:17,638 (BOTH MOANING) 303 00:36:17,727 --> 00:36:18,842 (DOOR OPENING) 304 00:36:21,087 --> 00:36:22,679 Someone's come in. 305 00:36:24,287 --> 00:36:25,481 CeciIia! 306 00:37:07,727 --> 00:37:09,604 LEON: PeopIe were sitting out having dinner on the pavement. 307 00:37:09,687 --> 00:37:13,919 It was aIways the view of my parents that hot weather encouraged Ioose moraIs. 308 00:37:14,007 --> 00:37:16,282 In high summer, my sister and I were never aIIowed out of the house. 309 00:37:16,367 --> 00:37:19,916 They thought the viIIagers wouId be unnecessariIy provoked. 310 00:37:21,767 --> 00:37:25,476 What do you say, Cee? Does the hot weather make you behave badIy? 311 00:37:27,207 --> 00:37:30,040 -Good heavens, you're bIushing. -It's just hot in here, that's aII. 312 00:37:30,127 --> 00:37:32,595 LoIa, wipe that Iipstick off. You're far too young. 313 00:37:32,687 --> 00:37:36,236 What about you, Briony? What sins have you committed today? 314 00:37:37,087 --> 00:37:40,238 -I've done nothing wrong. -EMILY: Have you seen the twins recentIy? 315 00:37:40,367 --> 00:37:42,927 They didn't Iook very happy Iast time I saw them, poor IittIe chaps. 316 00:37:43,007 --> 00:37:46,238 -BRIONY: You know nothing about it. -Briony. I can't imagine what's got into you. 317 00:37:46,327 --> 00:37:48,761 -I've never known you to be so rude. -BRIONY: WeII, they're not poor IittIe chaps. 318 00:37:48,847 --> 00:37:50,883 -Just Iook what they did to LoIa. -What are you taIking about? 319 00:37:50,967 --> 00:37:54,039 BRIONY: Jackson and Pierrot bruised her arm. Gave her Chinese burns. 320 00:37:54,127 --> 00:37:55,958 I'm afraid she's quite right. I had to puII them off her. 321 00:37:56,047 --> 00:37:58,277 How I got my war wound. 322 00:37:58,367 --> 00:37:59,720 The twins did that, LoIa? 323 00:37:59,807 --> 00:38:01,604 PAUL: Yes, it aII turned into a bit of a wrestIe, 324 00:38:01,687 --> 00:38:03,917 I'm afraid. StiII, no harm done, eh, LoIa? 325 00:38:04,007 --> 00:38:05,599 EMILY: WouId you go and find these boys, pIease, Briony? 326 00:38:05,687 --> 00:38:07,325 TeII them dinner's ready, and where are their manners? 327 00:38:07,407 --> 00:38:09,238 -Why do I have to go? -Briony, you'II do as you're toId, 328 00:38:09,327 --> 00:38:11,716 or you'II go straight to your room. 329 00:38:39,647 --> 00:38:41,080 -BRIONY: It's a Ietter! -Give it to me! 330 00:38:41,167 --> 00:38:42,680 BRIONY: They've run away. EMILY: Who has? 331 00:38:42,767 --> 00:38:44,041 BRIONY: The twins. 332 00:38:44,927 --> 00:38:49,717 ''We are going to run away because LoIa is so horrid to us and we want to go home. 333 00:38:51,327 --> 00:38:52,806 -''AIso, there wasn't a pIay.'' -Don't worry. 334 00:38:52,887 --> 00:38:55,037 We'II send out some search parties. They can't have gone far. 335 00:38:55,127 --> 00:38:57,083 Cee, you come with me. 336 00:39:02,647 --> 00:39:03,682 LEON: Pierrot! 337 00:39:04,487 --> 00:39:05,522 CECILIA: Jackson! 338 00:39:06,687 --> 00:39:07,756 PAUL: Boys! 339 00:39:08,927 --> 00:39:09,962 Jackson! 340 00:39:12,087 --> 00:39:13,122 LEON: Pierrot! 341 00:39:29,847 --> 00:39:31,166 (RUSTLING) 342 00:39:55,487 --> 00:39:56,522 (SCREAMING) 343 00:40:36,927 --> 00:40:38,645 (GASPING) 344 00:40:46,007 --> 00:40:47,645 (LOLA SOBBING) 345 00:40:49,087 --> 00:40:51,043 LoIa? Are you aII right? 346 00:40:51,607 --> 00:40:54,326 I'm sorry. I didn't... I'm sorry. 347 00:40:54,407 --> 00:40:56,398 Who was it? 348 00:40:58,567 --> 00:40:59,841 I saw him. 349 00:41:00,847 --> 00:41:01,882 I saw him. 350 00:41:02,887 --> 00:41:05,037 -It was him, wasn't it? -Yes, it was him. 351 00:41:05,127 --> 00:41:06,640 LoIa, who was it? 352 00:41:08,687 --> 00:41:11,997 It was Robbie, wasn't it? Robbie? 353 00:41:13,727 --> 00:41:16,287 -You saw him? -Like you said, he's a sex maniac. 354 00:41:16,367 --> 00:41:19,006 And you don't even know what happened before dinner. 355 00:41:19,087 --> 00:41:20,600 I caught him attacking my sister in the Iibrary. 356 00:41:20,687 --> 00:41:22,803 I don't know what he'd have done if I hadn't come in. 357 00:41:22,887 --> 00:41:26,197 -You actuaIIy saw him? -Of course I did. PIain as day. 358 00:41:27,967 --> 00:41:32,085 He pushed me to the ground. And then he put his hands over my eyes. 359 00:41:33,207 --> 00:41:38,076 -I couIdn't actuaIIy... I never actuaIIy... -Listen. I've known him 360 00:41:38,167 --> 00:41:40,283 my whoIe Iife, and I saw him. 361 00:41:41,047 --> 00:41:43,322 Because I couIdn't say for sure. 362 00:41:44,127 --> 00:41:46,721 WeII, I can. And I wiII. 363 00:41:51,327 --> 00:41:54,763 LEON: CaII the poIice. And she'II be needing a doctor, as weII. 364 00:42:02,207 --> 00:42:03,879 (LOLA SOBBING) 365 00:42:05,247 --> 00:42:09,365 -It's aII right, dear. It's aII right now. -CECILIA: Is Robbie back yet? 366 00:42:09,447 --> 00:42:11,563 I haven't seen him. 367 00:42:11,967 --> 00:42:13,719 I know who it was. 368 00:42:16,087 --> 00:42:19,397 -You saw him, then? -Yes, I saw him. 369 00:42:19,487 --> 00:42:22,399 -Just as you see me? -I know it was him. 370 00:42:22,487 --> 00:42:25,718 You know it was him? Or you saw him? 371 00:42:27,007 --> 00:42:30,363 -Yes, I did, I saw him. -With your own eyes? 372 00:42:31,327 --> 00:42:34,956 Yes. I saw him, I saw him with my own eyes. 373 00:42:38,767 --> 00:42:40,280 EMILY: WeII done, darIing. 374 00:43:29,767 --> 00:43:33,123 My brother and I found the two of them down by the Iake. 375 00:43:33,207 --> 00:43:35,243 POLICEMAN: You didn't see anyone eIse? 376 00:43:37,367 --> 00:43:41,883 I wouIdn't necessariIy beIieve everything Briony teIIs you. She's rather fancifuI. 377 00:43:49,767 --> 00:43:52,759 When they went Iooking, I went up to my dad's. 378 00:43:52,847 --> 00:43:55,361 -I did, honest. -POLICEMAN: Why was that? 379 00:43:56,607 --> 00:43:58,279 To teII him aII about it. 380 00:44:00,247 --> 00:44:03,637 -I know I shouIdn't have opened it. -EMILY: No, you shouId not. 381 00:44:05,087 --> 00:44:07,920 But at Ieast you've done the right thing now. 382 00:44:24,007 --> 00:44:25,360 (SNORING) 383 00:44:42,367 --> 00:44:44,278 (TAPPING PIANO KEY) 384 00:44:45,407 --> 00:44:47,523 Sir, there is someone coming. 385 00:45:15,567 --> 00:45:17,319 -Time you went to bed. -But... 386 00:45:17,407 --> 00:45:18,476 Now. 387 00:46:19,607 --> 00:46:20,801 (DOOR OPENING) 388 00:46:28,487 --> 00:46:29,522 EMILY: CeciIia! 389 00:46:51,847 --> 00:46:56,284 You Iiars! You Iiars! Liars! Liars! 390 00:47:04,047 --> 00:47:05,605 (GRACE WAILING) 391 00:47:32,647 --> 00:47:34,478 (HARMONICA PLAYING) 392 00:47:34,567 --> 00:47:36,637 Northern France Four years Iater 393 00:47:41,927 --> 00:47:45,283 NETTLE: I says to him, I says, ''You can sit down there, twiddIing your thumbs, 394 00:47:45,367 --> 00:47:47,358 ''waiting to get your head bIown off, if you want to. 395 00:47:47,447 --> 00:47:48,562 ''I'm off out of it.'' 396 00:47:48,647 --> 00:47:49,762 (ROBBIE SHUSHING) 397 00:47:49,847 --> 00:47:51,246 (FLOOR CREAKING) 398 00:47:57,847 --> 00:48:01,635 MAN: Bonsoir monsieur. Bonsoir? ROBBIE: (WHISPERING) Let me do this. 399 00:48:01,927 --> 00:48:03,679 (MAN 1 SPEAKING FRENCH) 400 00:48:04,647 --> 00:48:07,400 (ALL PANTING) 401 00:48:07,487 --> 00:48:08,840 (ROBBIE SPEAKING FRENCH) 402 00:48:16,247 --> 00:48:17,600 MACE: What's his game? 403 00:48:17,687 --> 00:48:19,882 -He says he's got something for us. -Fucking heII! 404 00:48:19,967 --> 00:48:21,082 (MEN SPEAKING FRENCH) 405 00:48:21,167 --> 00:48:23,283 Wait! We have food for you 406 00:48:23,407 --> 00:48:24,476 Bread, sugar 407 00:48:24,567 --> 00:48:25,602 And wine! 408 00:48:31,167 --> 00:48:32,202 (SIGHING) 409 00:48:35,567 --> 00:48:37,159 What are you doing here? 410 00:48:38,887 --> 00:48:40,639 (MEN SPEAKING FRENCH) 411 00:48:43,167 --> 00:48:46,557 When the retreat started, Panzers attacked, 412 00:48:47,527 --> 00:48:49,597 and I was separated from my unit 413 00:48:49,767 --> 00:48:52,156 So it's true, the EngIish are retreating 414 00:48:54,887 --> 00:48:57,447 We'II be gone at first Iight 415 00:48:58,927 --> 00:49:01,680 We fought aII those years, Iost aII those dead, 416 00:49:02,127 --> 00:49:04,516 now the Germans are in France again 417 00:49:07,927 --> 00:49:09,280 We wiII come back 418 00:49:11,367 --> 00:49:12,959 we wiII throw them out 419 00:49:14,727 --> 00:49:17,400 I promise you 420 00:49:18,727 --> 00:49:20,319 Good Iuck 421 00:49:25,127 --> 00:49:26,446 NETTLE: Come on, then. 422 00:49:26,527 --> 00:49:30,361 How come a toff Iike you, taIks French and everything, ends up a private? 423 00:49:30,447 --> 00:49:33,917 Not eIigibIe for officers' training if you join direct from prison. 424 00:49:34,087 --> 00:49:37,204 -You're puIIing my tit. -No, I'm not. 425 00:49:38,727 --> 00:49:42,037 They gave me a choice. Stay in prison or join the Army. 426 00:49:43,047 --> 00:49:46,084 And for the record, the Iast thing I am is a toff. 427 00:50:04,287 --> 00:50:06,243 Six months earIier 428 00:50:20,567 --> 00:50:22,080 (PEOPLE CHATTERING) 429 00:50:32,327 --> 00:50:33,760 I'm sorry I'm Iate, I got Iost. 430 00:50:33,887 --> 00:50:35,559 -HeIIo. -HeIIo. 431 00:50:44,927 --> 00:50:47,361 -ShouId we sit down? -Yes, of course. 432 00:51:01,847 --> 00:51:04,884 -I'm sorry, I can't remember, I... -Two. Thank you. 433 00:51:38,047 --> 00:51:39,844 Where are you Iiving? 434 00:51:41,447 --> 00:51:43,677 Tiny fIat in BaIham. It's ghastIy. 435 00:51:43,767 --> 00:51:46,918 -The IandIady's rude and horribIy nosy. -You Iook the same. 436 00:51:47,007 --> 00:51:49,396 -Apart from the uniform, of course. -Yes, I'm sorry. I've got to go back 437 00:51:49,487 --> 00:51:52,479 -to the hospitaI in haIf an hour. -Oh, God, that... 438 00:52:12,967 --> 00:52:14,320 -Sorry. -No. 439 00:52:18,287 --> 00:52:20,755 Have you been in touch with your famiIy? 440 00:52:20,847 --> 00:52:22,803 No, I toId you I wouIdn't. 441 00:52:24,247 --> 00:52:26,522 Leon waited outside the hospitaI Iast week, I just pushed past him. 442 00:52:26,607 --> 00:52:29,246 Cee, you don't owe me anything. 443 00:52:31,287 --> 00:52:33,801 Robbie, didn't you read my Ietters? 444 00:52:34,207 --> 00:52:36,323 Had I been aIIowed to visit you, had they Iet me every day, 445 00:52:36,407 --> 00:52:38,796 -I wouId have been there every day. -Yes, but... 446 00:52:38,887 --> 00:52:42,323 If aII we have rests on a few moments 447 00:52:42,407 --> 00:52:44,875 in a Iibrary three and a haIf years ago, then I'm not sure, 448 00:52:44,967 --> 00:52:47,959 -I don't know if... -Robbie, Iook at me. 449 00:52:51,007 --> 00:52:53,521 Look at me. 450 00:52:54,567 --> 00:52:55,886 (WHISPERS) Come back. 451 00:52:58,967 --> 00:53:00,605 Come back to me. 452 00:53:14,287 --> 00:53:15,959 ROBBIE.: Dearest Cecilia. 453 00:53:17,607 --> 00:53:19,643 Dearest Cecilia. 454 00:53:26,607 --> 00:53:27,676 Cecilia. 455 00:53:42,567 --> 00:53:44,558 A friend of mine has a cottage by the coast. 456 00:53:44,647 --> 00:53:46,877 Said we can borrow it when you're next on Ieave. 457 00:53:46,967 --> 00:53:49,959 White cIapboard with bIue-painted window frames. 458 00:53:51,687 --> 00:53:54,918 -I hope this bus never comes. -Here. 459 00:53:57,007 --> 00:53:59,726 Something to think of whiIe you're away. 460 00:54:21,247 --> 00:54:22,316 I Iove you. 461 00:55:21,167 --> 00:55:22,156 (SIGHS) 462 00:55:45,487 --> 00:55:46,920 (PLANES DRONING) 463 00:55:49,367 --> 00:55:51,437 Some poor sod's gonna catch a packet. 464 00:55:59,647 --> 00:56:03,720 CECILIA.: My darling. Briony found my address somehow, and sent a letter. 465 00:56:04,887 --> 00:56:07,526 The first surprise was she didn't go up to Cambridge. 466 00:56:07,607 --> 00:56:10,280 She's doing nurse's training at my old hospital. 467 00:56:11,447 --> 00:56:14,120 I think she may be doing this as some kind of penance. 468 00:56:14,207 --> 00:56:18,723 She says she's beginning to get the full grasp of what she did, and what it meant. 469 00:56:18,847 --> 00:56:21,236 She wants to come and talk to me. 470 00:56:22,527 --> 00:56:27,078 I love you. I'll wait for you. Come back. 471 00:56:28,447 --> 00:56:29,482 Come back to me. 472 00:56:30,767 --> 00:56:33,076 ROBBIE.: Come back. Come back to me. 473 00:56:34,087 --> 00:56:37,124 Come back. Come back to me. 474 00:56:40,407 --> 00:56:42,318 NETTLE: So where we going, guv? 475 00:56:56,447 --> 00:56:58,597 Fucking hate those boots! 476 00:56:58,687 --> 00:57:01,360 I hate them worse than aII the fucking Germans put together! 477 00:57:01,447 --> 00:57:04,484 You'II have a job getting back to EngIand in your socks. 478 00:58:38,247 --> 00:58:40,886 Come on, paI, you shouId be getting dressed. 479 00:58:40,967 --> 00:58:44,004 -If I feII in, wouId you save me? -Of course. 480 00:58:48,287 --> 00:58:49,515 (WATER SPLASHES) 481 00:58:56,167 --> 00:58:57,156 Briony! 482 00:59:18,167 --> 00:59:19,156 (GASPING) 483 00:59:20,007 --> 00:59:20,996 (LAUGHING) 484 00:59:21,407 --> 00:59:22,522 Thank you. 485 00:59:30,487 --> 00:59:31,886 Thank you! Thank you, thank you! 486 00:59:31,967 --> 00:59:34,606 ROBBIE: That's an incredibIy bIoody stupid thing to do. 487 00:59:34,727 --> 00:59:36,046 -BRIONY: I wanted you to save me. -Don't you know 488 00:59:36,127 --> 00:59:37,719 how easiIy you couId have drowned? 489 00:59:38,047 --> 00:59:40,766 -You saved me. -Stupid chiId! 490 00:59:40,847 --> 00:59:44,522 You couId have kiIIed us both. Is that your idea of a joke? 491 00:59:46,207 --> 00:59:48,801 I want to thank you for saving my Iife. 492 00:59:49,927 --> 00:59:52,441 I wiII be eternaIIy gratefuI to you. 493 01:00:04,447 --> 01:00:06,244 ROBBIE.: The story can resume. 494 01:00:07,007 --> 01:00:10,886 Our story can resume. I will simply resume. 495 01:00:11,487 --> 01:00:13,842 NETTLE: Jerry, come and have a go at us in fucking South End. 496 01:00:13,927 --> 01:00:18,717 Or better stiII, TrafaIgar Square. No one speaks the fucking Iingo out here. 497 01:00:18,807 --> 01:00:21,605 You can't say, ''Pass the biscuit,'' or ''Where's me hand grenade?'' 498 01:00:21,687 --> 01:00:25,077 They just shrug. Because they hate us, too. I mean, that's the point. 499 01:00:25,167 --> 01:00:28,443 We fight in France and the French fucking hate us. 500 01:00:28,527 --> 01:00:31,564 Make me Home Secretary, I'II sort this out in a fucking minute. 501 01:00:31,647 --> 01:00:34,036 We got India and Africa, right? 502 01:00:34,127 --> 01:00:37,358 Jerry can have France and BeIgium and wherever eIse they want. 503 01:00:37,447 --> 01:00:41,156 Who's fucking ever been to PoIand? It's aII about room, empire. 504 01:00:41,247 --> 01:00:44,205 They want more empire, give 'em this shithoIe, we keep ours, 505 01:00:44,287 --> 01:00:47,279 and it's ''Bob's your uncIe'' and ''Fanny's your fucking aunt''! 506 01:00:47,367 --> 01:00:48,880 Think about it. 507 01:00:58,367 --> 01:01:01,564 ROBBIE.: Dearest Cecilia. The story can resume. 508 01:01:03,807 --> 01:01:06,924 The one I had been planning on that evening walk. 509 01:01:08,287 --> 01:01:11,040 I can become again the man who once crossed the Surrey park 510 01:01:11,127 --> 01:01:15,484 at dusk in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life. 511 01:01:15,567 --> 01:01:20,004 The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. 512 01:01:24,407 --> 01:01:26,204 The story can resume. 513 01:01:30,127 --> 01:01:32,687 I will return, 514 01:01:32,887 --> 01:01:35,481 find you, love you, 515 01:01:35,567 --> 01:01:38,923 marry you. And live without shame. 516 01:01:55,847 --> 01:01:57,439 You can smeII the sea. 517 01:02:28,447 --> 01:02:29,436 Fuck me. 518 01:02:30,727 --> 01:02:35,403 -It's Iike something out of the BibIe. -NETTLE: Jesus Christ. 519 01:02:37,487 --> 01:02:39,603 OFFICER: Come on, get everybody to cIean this mess up now. 520 01:02:39,967 --> 01:02:42,481 ROBBIE: We've just arrived, sir. Can you teII us what we're supposed to be doing? 521 01:02:42,567 --> 01:02:44,762 OFFICER: Nothing. Just wait. ROBBIE: Where are the ships? 522 01:02:44,847 --> 01:02:47,407 A few made it in yesterday, Luftwaffe bIew them to buggery. 523 01:02:47,487 --> 01:02:50,160 Lost 3,000 men when they sank the Lancastria. 524 01:02:50,247 --> 01:02:53,557 High command, in its infinite wisdom, is denying us air cover. 525 01:02:53,647 --> 01:02:55,444 A disgrace, a fucking disaster. 526 01:02:55,527 --> 01:02:58,087 No, Iook, the thing is, you see, I'm expected back, you see. 527 01:02:58,167 --> 01:03:01,762 There's over 300,000 men on this beach, Private. You'II have to wait your turn. 528 01:03:01,847 --> 01:03:06,045 Just be gratefuI you're not wounded. I've orders to Ieave the wounded behind. 529 01:03:06,567 --> 01:03:11,277 No, no, no, Ieave it, guv! Never trust a saiIor on dry Iand. You're best off out of it. 530 01:03:23,167 --> 01:03:24,202 (GUN FIRING) 531 01:03:25,167 --> 01:03:26,441 That's not right. 532 01:03:30,927 --> 01:03:31,962 (GUN FIRING) 533 01:03:49,007 --> 01:03:50,042 (GUN FIRING) 534 01:03:50,127 --> 01:03:51,162 Christ. 535 01:03:58,247 --> 01:04:00,044 MAN: Can you hear me, Iaddies? 536 01:04:00,127 --> 01:04:02,357 I'm coming home! 537 01:04:58,647 --> 01:05:03,038 MEN: (SINGING) Take from our souls the strain and stress 538 01:05:03,127 --> 01:05:07,279 And let our ordered lives confess 539 01:05:07,367 --> 01:05:11,360 The beauty of Thy peace 540 01:05:11,447 --> 01:05:16,157 The beauty of Thy peace 541 01:05:16,607 --> 01:05:21,044 Breathe through the heats of our desire 542 01:05:21,127 --> 01:05:25,245 Thy coolness and Thy balm 543 01:05:25,407 --> 01:05:29,559 Let sense be numb, let flesh retire 544 01:05:29,647 --> 01:05:33,799 Speak through the earthquake, wind and fire 545 01:05:33,887 --> 01:05:37,960 O still, small voice of calm 546 01:05:45,567 --> 01:05:47,125 (PANTING) 547 01:05:53,247 --> 01:05:54,919 (MEN WHOOPING) 548 01:06:07,367 --> 01:06:08,402 Guv'nor. 549 01:06:12,087 --> 01:06:14,396 I have to get something to drink. 550 01:06:14,487 --> 01:06:16,921 You need one. You're grey. 551 01:06:17,007 --> 01:06:19,726 He's gone aII grey, can you see? 552 01:06:35,087 --> 01:06:36,759 There. Come on. 553 01:06:38,887 --> 01:06:40,479 MAN: AII I want's a cup of tea now. 554 01:06:57,087 --> 01:06:59,442 MAN: What the fuck you doing? 555 01:07:23,207 --> 01:07:28,839 MAN: I'm coming home! Laddie, I'm coming home! 556 01:07:29,287 --> 01:07:30,561 (MEN SINGING) 557 01:07:31,647 --> 01:07:37,802 Fuck 'em all! Fuck 'em all! The long and the short and the tall 558 01:07:37,887 --> 01:07:42,517 Fuck all the Sergeants and WO 1s Fuck all the corporals 559 01:07:42,607 --> 01:07:44,086 and their bastard sons 560 01:07:44,167 --> 01:07:50,197 'Cause we're saying goodbye to them all As back to their billets they crawl 561 01:07:50,327 --> 01:07:53,558 You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean 562 01:07:53,647 --> 01:07:57,242 So cheer up, my lads Fuck 'em all! 563 01:08:20,327 --> 01:08:22,318 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 564 01:09:04,487 --> 01:09:05,920 Mike! 565 01:09:12,407 --> 01:09:13,806 Mike! 566 01:09:16,167 --> 01:09:17,361 HoId up, guv. 567 01:09:25,607 --> 01:09:26,676 Wait here. 568 01:10:05,447 --> 01:10:07,005 WOMAN: Why don't you sit down? 569 01:10:15,367 --> 01:10:17,198 It's so hot in here. 570 01:10:17,767 --> 01:10:19,564 Take off your boots. 571 01:10:38,087 --> 01:10:41,636 I have to get back. I promised her. 572 01:10:41,727 --> 01:10:43,843 To put things right. 573 01:10:43,927 --> 01:10:48,000 And she Ioves me. She's waiting for me. 574 01:10:48,527 --> 01:10:49,801 (ARTILLERY FIRING) 575 01:10:50,167 --> 01:10:51,964 (EXPLOSION) 576 01:10:52,047 --> 01:10:53,036 Oi! 577 01:10:56,247 --> 01:10:57,362 Wait, wait, wait. 578 01:10:58,487 --> 01:11:01,445 Hey, what have you done with your boots? 579 01:11:03,967 --> 01:11:06,481 -Look, you're sure you're feeIing aII right? -Never better. 580 01:11:06,567 --> 01:11:10,446 Now I'm wondering whether the beach reaIIy is the best pIace for dinner. 581 01:11:10,527 --> 01:11:11,960 (BOMB EXPLODING) 582 01:11:12,047 --> 01:11:16,882 -I'm not sure, I don't recognise it. -Dunno. 583 01:11:16,967 --> 01:11:19,083 -This'II do, down here. -No. 584 01:11:20,167 --> 01:11:22,635 -No, no, it's further on. -What is? 585 01:11:22,727 --> 01:11:24,843 This pIace I know, an oId cottage with white cIapboards 586 01:11:24,927 --> 01:11:27,395 and bIue-painted window frames. 587 01:11:29,207 --> 01:11:33,086 Aw, yes. That's right, that's where we're going. 588 01:11:33,167 --> 01:11:37,160 -It's cIose to here. -We're there. This is it. 589 01:11:58,887 --> 01:12:01,355 Here we are, guv. Down here. 590 01:12:36,607 --> 01:12:39,201 That's aII right, guv. That's right. 591 01:12:41,167 --> 01:12:45,524 Get your head down. Get your head down. There you go. 592 01:12:48,767 --> 01:12:50,120 (HUMMING) 593 01:13:00,367 --> 01:13:03,200 Tuck yourseIf in. Keep yourseIf warm. 594 01:13:10,047 --> 01:13:14,598 Chew on a bit of this. But quiet Iike, or they'II aII be wanting some. 595 01:13:18,087 --> 01:13:20,078 Try and get some sIeep. 596 01:14:39,647 --> 01:14:41,797 (SINGING) 597 01:14:48,287 --> 01:14:49,356 ROBBIE.: Find you. 598 01:14:50,647 --> 01:14:51,841 Love you. 599 01:14:52,607 --> 01:14:54,040 Marry you. 600 01:14:54,847 --> 01:14:56,644 And live without shame. 601 01:15:25,967 --> 01:15:31,599 I Iove you. Come back. Come back to me. 602 01:15:37,527 --> 01:15:39,597 -NETTLE: Bit too much noise, guv'nor. -What? 603 01:15:41,687 --> 01:15:44,042 -What noise? -You keep shouting. 604 01:15:44,127 --> 01:15:46,925 -Some of the Iads are getting a bit peeved. -What? 605 01:15:47,407 --> 01:15:49,284 (NETTLE SHUSHING) 606 01:15:58,567 --> 01:16:03,038 -Christ. You Iook a bit rough. -Thing is, I've decided to stay on for a bit. 607 01:16:04,127 --> 01:16:07,278 I'm meeting someone, and I'm aIways keeping her waiting. 608 01:16:07,367 --> 01:16:10,803 Now, Iisten. Listen to me, guv'nor. 609 01:16:11,407 --> 01:16:15,480 I went out for a Jimmy RiddIe just now. Guess what I saw! 610 01:16:16,047 --> 01:16:19,119 They're getting themseIves sorted out down on the beach. 611 01:16:19,407 --> 01:16:24,003 The boats are back, and a geezer from the Buffs is marching us down at 7:00. 612 01:16:24,927 --> 01:16:28,124 We're away. We're off home, mate. 613 01:16:30,527 --> 01:16:34,156 So get some more sIeep, and no more of your bIeeding shouting. 614 01:16:34,247 --> 01:16:38,286 -AII right? -I won't say a word. 615 01:16:41,007 --> 01:16:43,726 Wake me before 7:00, wouId you? Thanks so much. 616 01:16:46,007 --> 01:16:50,797 You won't hear another word from me. Promise. 617 01:16:55,327 --> 01:16:58,797 London Three weeks earIier 618 01:17:38,607 --> 01:17:41,121 Bed castors shouId be Iined up and pointing inwards. 619 01:17:41,207 --> 01:17:44,279 I found three yesterday that weren't. You know who you are. 620 01:17:44,367 --> 01:17:46,597 Which of you were responsibIe for putting away the bIankets today? 621 01:17:46,687 --> 01:17:48,643 -FIONA: I was, Sister. -I don't suppose you can teII us 622 01:17:48,727 --> 01:17:50,126 -what you did wrong? -No, Sister. 623 01:17:50,207 --> 01:17:51,925 LabeIs are foIded to the inside, are they not? 624 01:17:52,007 --> 01:17:53,360 -Yes, Sister. -Do them again. 625 01:17:53,447 --> 01:17:57,599 Nurse TaIIis, I'II see you in my office. The rest of you are excused. 626 01:18:10,007 --> 01:18:13,044 -Is this job at aII important to you, TaIIis? -Very important, Sister. 627 01:18:13,127 --> 01:18:15,243 Yesterday, you were seconded to men's surgicaI. 628 01:18:15,327 --> 01:18:18,205 When your patient came round from his anaesthetic, it seems the first thing he did 629 01:18:18,287 --> 01:18:20,642 was to ask for Briony. Who might Briony be? 630 01:18:20,727 --> 01:18:23,764 -WeII, me, Sister. -There is no Briony. 631 01:18:23,847 --> 01:18:27,157 You are TaIIis. Nurse TaIIis. Is that understood? 632 01:18:27,247 --> 01:18:28,362 Yes, Sister. 633 01:18:38,087 --> 01:18:39,520 There is no Briony. 634 01:18:43,567 --> 01:18:47,003 MAN ON RADIO.: This is the BBC Home Service. Here is the news. 635 01:18:47,087 --> 01:18:50,397 The BEF, with their French allies, are fighting a desperate battle 636 01:18:50,487 --> 01:18:52,717 in the northern zone of the Western Front. 637 01:18:52,807 --> 01:18:57,039 The Allied Forces have not lost cohesion, and their morale is high. 638 01:18:57,127 --> 01:18:59,880 The RAF continues to give all the support in its power 639 01:18:59,967 --> 01:19:03,084 to the Allied armies in northeastern France and Belgium. Railways, roads, 640 01:19:03,167 --> 01:19:06,842 bridges and enemy troops have been continuously attacked, yesterday... 641 01:19:06,967 --> 01:19:09,117 (WOMEN CHATTERING) 642 01:19:23,447 --> 01:19:26,598 Thanks. I never couId make the scissors work with my Ieft hand. 643 01:19:26,687 --> 01:19:28,723 Mummy aIways did it for me. 644 01:19:30,047 --> 01:19:31,765 There, you're done. 645 01:19:36,087 --> 01:19:37,122 Bother! 646 01:19:43,327 --> 01:19:44,316 Night-night, Ponty. 647 01:19:45,687 --> 01:19:47,405 Good night, TaIIis. 648 01:20:02,087 --> 01:20:04,317 Don't panic! It's onIy me. 649 01:20:04,407 --> 01:20:07,956 Fiona, I aImost jumped out of my skin. 650 01:20:08,727 --> 01:20:11,605 So this is where you duck to after Iights out. 651 01:20:11,687 --> 01:20:15,726 I thought you might be in the middIe of some tempestuous romance. 652 01:20:16,087 --> 01:20:18,681 Don't you freeze to death up here? 653 01:20:21,007 --> 01:20:22,565 I Iove London. 654 01:20:24,207 --> 01:20:26,482 Do you think aII of this wiII be bombed and just disappear? 655 01:20:26,567 --> 01:20:27,602 No. 656 01:20:29,167 --> 01:20:30,680 I don't know. 657 01:20:31,567 --> 01:20:33,762 Do you write about Sister Drummond? 658 01:20:34,607 --> 01:20:36,837 -Do you write about me? -Sometimes. 659 01:20:38,007 --> 01:20:41,363 -Can I Iook? -I'd rather you didn't. It's private. 660 01:20:42,167 --> 01:20:45,637 I don't see any point in writing a story if you're not going to Iet anyone read it. 661 01:20:45,727 --> 01:20:48,082 -It's not ready yet. It's unfinished. -What's it about? 662 01:20:54,447 --> 01:20:57,325 -It's compIicated. -Yes? 663 01:20:57,407 --> 01:20:58,556 It's just... 664 01:21:00,927 --> 01:21:05,682 It's about a young girI, a young and fooIish girI, who sees something from 665 01:21:05,767 --> 01:21:10,124 her bedroom window which she doesn't understand, but she thinks she does. 666 01:21:13,607 --> 01:21:15,677 I probabIy won't ever finish it. 667 01:21:16,287 --> 01:21:19,324 I Iook at you, TaIIis, and you're so mysterious. 668 01:21:19,967 --> 01:21:22,276 I've never been mysterious. 669 01:21:23,927 --> 01:21:26,600 -Do you know what I decided tonight? -What? 670 01:21:28,967 --> 01:21:32,403 I couId never marry a man who wasn't in the RoyaI Navy. 671 01:21:33,447 --> 01:21:34,482 (SNIGGERING) 672 01:21:34,767 --> 01:21:36,041 (BRIONY LAUGHING) 673 01:21:36,127 --> 01:21:37,162 (SHUSHING) 674 01:21:41,687 --> 01:21:44,360 Here we are. CeciIia TaIIis. 675 01:21:44,847 --> 01:21:46,917 I think this is her address. 676 01:21:48,887 --> 01:21:50,002 Thank you. 677 01:21:58,647 --> 01:22:02,242 BRIONY.: Dear Cecilia. Please don't throw this away without reading it. 678 01:22:03,327 --> 01:22:05,716 As you'll have seen from the notepaper, I'm here at St Thomas' 679 01:22:05,807 --> 01:22:07,957 doing my nurses' training. 680 01:22:08,047 --> 01:22:10,436 I decided not to take up my place at Cambridge. 681 01:22:10,527 --> 01:22:11,846 Oh, God. 682 01:22:13,447 --> 01:22:17,076 I decided I wanted to make myself useful. Do something practical. 683 01:22:19,727 --> 01:22:22,639 FIONA: It says in the newspaper the Army are making strategic withdrawaIs. 684 01:22:22,727 --> 01:22:23,762 BRIONY: Yes, I saw that. 685 01:22:23,847 --> 01:22:25,803 It's a euphemism for retreat. 686 01:22:27,087 --> 01:22:30,636 No matter how hard I work, no matter how long the hours, 687 01:22:31,527 --> 01:22:33,882 I can't escape from what I did 688 01:22:33,967 --> 01:22:36,879 and what it meant, 689 01:22:36,967 --> 01:22:40,516 the full extent of which I am only now beginning to grasp. 690 01:22:47,207 --> 01:22:50,040 Cee, please write and tell me we can meet. 691 01:22:51,727 --> 01:22:53,479 Your sister, Briony. 692 01:22:55,727 --> 01:22:58,480 -FIONA: So do you? -Do I what? 693 01:22:58,887 --> 01:23:03,005 Have a secret fiance in France. That's what everyone thinks. 694 01:23:03,087 --> 01:23:04,076 No, of course not. 695 01:23:04,167 --> 01:23:06,635 Imagine not knowing if he'd ever come back. 696 01:23:06,727 --> 01:23:08,797 I've never been in Iove. 697 01:23:09,527 --> 01:23:12,121 What, never? Not even a crush? 698 01:23:12,767 --> 01:23:16,077 Oh, I had a crush once, when I was 10 or 1 1 . 699 01:23:18,207 --> 01:23:21,404 I jumped into a river to see if he'd save me from drowning. 700 01:23:21,487 --> 01:23:24,843 -Now you're teasing me. -Oh, no. And he did save me. 701 01:23:27,727 --> 01:23:31,242 But as soon as I toId him I Ioved him, the feeIing sort of disappeared. 702 01:23:31,327 --> 01:23:32,840 Something's happened. 703 01:23:32,927 --> 01:23:33,962 (BELL RINGING) 704 01:23:37,127 --> 01:23:38,560 NURSE: Outside, quickIy. 705 01:24:08,527 --> 01:24:10,279 (CLAMOURING) 706 01:24:13,487 --> 01:24:14,522 (GROANING) 707 01:24:20,927 --> 01:24:22,121 Robbie. 708 01:24:26,007 --> 01:24:27,042 Excuse me. 709 01:25:14,687 --> 01:25:17,997 Nurse TaIIis, you speak a IittIe French, if I remember rightIy. 710 01:25:18,087 --> 01:25:19,281 OnIy schooI French, Sister. 711 01:25:19,367 --> 01:25:23,519 There's a soIdier in Bed 13. Go and sit with him for a minute. HoId his hand. 712 01:25:23,607 --> 01:25:24,676 Off you go. 713 01:25:33,487 --> 01:25:34,761 (PATIENTS SNORING) 714 01:26:15,287 --> 01:26:16,356 (BOTH SPEAKING IN FRENCH) 715 01:26:16,447 --> 01:26:17,880 Here you are at Iast 716 01:26:18,727 --> 01:26:20,285 Sister sent me 717 01:26:20,367 --> 01:26:22,517 for a IittIe chat 718 01:26:25,247 --> 01:26:27,397 I remember your sister 719 01:26:27,887 --> 01:26:30,321 she was aIways so nice 720 01:26:31,967 --> 01:26:33,480 what's she doing now? 721 01:26:35,287 --> 01:26:38,484 She is a nurse as weII 722 01:26:39,487 --> 01:26:42,479 Did she finaIIy marry that man she was so in Iove with? 723 01:26:43,127 --> 01:26:44,480 I've forgotten his name 724 01:26:44,567 --> 01:26:45,602 Robbie? 725 01:26:47,287 --> 01:26:48,720 She wiII soon I hope 726 01:26:49,647 --> 01:26:50,682 Robbie 727 01:26:51,287 --> 01:26:53,039 yes that's right 728 01:26:55,247 --> 01:26:56,282 And you? 729 01:26:56,607 --> 01:26:58,086 What is your name? 730 01:27:00,207 --> 01:27:01,196 Luc. 731 01:27:02,647 --> 01:27:04,000 Luc Cornet. 732 01:27:06,127 --> 01:27:07,321 And you? 733 01:27:07,407 --> 01:27:08,442 TaIIis. 734 01:27:09,807 --> 01:27:10,796 TaIIis. 735 01:27:12,567 --> 01:27:14,398 That's pretty 736 01:27:19,127 --> 01:27:21,641 I remember you now 737 01:27:23,527 --> 01:27:25,563 the EngIish girI 738 01:27:26,727 --> 01:27:29,400 You remember your first visit to MiIIau? 739 01:27:30,687 --> 01:27:33,121 I was working by the ovens with my father. 740 01:27:34,087 --> 01:27:36,157 I heard your accent 741 01:27:40,127 --> 01:27:42,766 Can you do me a IittIe favour TaIIis? 742 01:27:44,607 --> 01:27:47,167 These bandages are so tight, 743 01:27:47,487 --> 01:27:50,479 can you Ioosen them a bit, pIease? 744 01:27:51,567 --> 01:27:52,920 Of course 745 01:28:00,487 --> 01:28:02,717 You remember my younger sister, Anne? 746 01:28:05,047 --> 01:28:07,959 She stiII pIays that IittIe Debussy piece 747 01:28:09,647 --> 01:28:11,000 do you remember? 748 01:28:13,287 --> 01:28:16,245 She Iooks so serious when she pIays 749 01:28:17,327 --> 01:28:19,124 And our croissants, 750 01:28:19,727 --> 01:28:21,479 what did you think of them? 751 01:28:28,807 --> 01:28:30,877 The most deIicious in MiIIau 752 01:28:31,287 --> 01:28:32,276 Yes. 753 01:28:32,487 --> 01:28:34,523 it's the quaIity of the butter 754 01:28:36,167 --> 01:28:37,156 Yes 755 01:28:40,527 --> 01:28:42,882 Is that why you came every day? 756 01:28:44,287 --> 01:28:45,800 Because you know, 757 01:28:47,687 --> 01:28:50,997 my mother is very fond of you 758 01:28:51,687 --> 01:28:53,325 in her opinion, 759 01:28:53,807 --> 01:28:56,446 we shouId get married in the summer 760 01:28:56,807 --> 01:28:58,206 Oh yes? 761 01:28:58,447 --> 01:28:59,880 Yes 762 01:29:07,527 --> 01:29:09,802 I hope that's more comfortabIe 763 01:29:14,527 --> 01:29:15,516 Do you Iove me? 764 01:29:15,607 --> 01:29:17,518 Yes 765 01:29:25,567 --> 01:29:27,922 Can you stay a whiIe? 766 01:29:29,367 --> 01:29:32,279 I'm frightened 767 01:29:41,247 --> 01:29:42,805 -TaIIis. -Briony. 768 01:29:44,487 --> 01:29:46,205 Je m'appelle Briony. 769 01:29:57,567 --> 01:29:59,558 SISTER: Stand up, Nurse TaIIis. 770 01:30:04,327 --> 01:30:06,966 Now go and wash the bIood off your face. 771 01:31:06,287 --> 01:31:11,042 NARRATOR.: The Navy has earned our undying gratitude. The Army is undefeated. 772 01:31:11,127 --> 01:31:14,722 Courage has brought them through unconquered, their spirit unbowed. 773 01:31:14,807 --> 01:31:16,798 This is the epic of Dunkirk. 774 01:31:16,887 --> 01:31:20,960 A name that will live forever in the annals of warfare. 775 01:31:24,567 --> 01:31:26,683 In the course of a comprehensive tour, 776 01:31:26,767 --> 01:31:30,362 Queen Elizabeth is seen here visiting a chocolate factory in the north of England. 777 01:31:30,447 --> 01:31:32,677 The confectionary magnate and friend of the British Army, 778 01:31:32,767 --> 01:31:36,840 Mr Paul Marshall, gave the Queen a tour of the Army Amo factory 779 01:31:36,927 --> 01:31:41,125 with his lovely, soon-to-be-wed fiancee, Miss Lola Quincey. 780 01:31:41,207 --> 01:31:43,846 What a mouthwatering couple they are. 781 01:31:43,967 --> 01:31:47,357 Keep the Amo coming. Our boys have a sweet tooth. 782 01:32:13,847 --> 01:32:19,558 SecondIy, for a remedy against sin, and to avoid fornication, 783 01:32:19,647 --> 01:32:23,356 that such persons as have not the gift of continence, 784 01:32:23,447 --> 01:32:28,805 might marry and keep themseIves undefiIed members of Christ's body. 785 01:32:29,607 --> 01:32:34,601 ThirdIy, it was ordained, for the mutuaI society, heIp and comfort, 786 01:32:34,687 --> 01:32:38,077 that the one ought to have the other. 787 01:32:38,167 --> 01:32:39,236 I saw him. 788 01:32:39,327 --> 01:32:43,081 Therefore, if any man can show any just cause 789 01:32:43,167 --> 01:32:46,000 why they may not be IawfuIIy joined together... 790 01:32:46,167 --> 01:32:47,156 I know it was him. 791 01:32:47,407 --> 01:32:52,640 ...Iet him now speak or forever hoId his peace. 792 01:32:56,007 --> 01:32:56,996 (GASPS) 793 01:32:58,967 --> 01:33:01,561 I saw him. I saw him with my own eyes. 794 01:33:01,647 --> 01:33:03,683 (ORGAN PLAYING) 795 01:33:42,247 --> 01:33:43,885 WOMAN: Let the nursey through. 796 01:33:43,967 --> 01:33:46,356 They're going down to the country today. Never been out of London before. 797 01:33:46,447 --> 01:33:47,596 I hope they get a nice famiIy. 798 01:33:47,687 --> 01:33:49,837 They don't know what they're in for with this Iot. 799 01:33:49,927 --> 01:33:50,962 Come on. 800 01:34:08,327 --> 01:34:11,285 I'm Iooking for Miss TaIIis. CeciIia TaIIis. 801 01:34:12,647 --> 01:34:13,682 Is she in? 802 01:34:19,567 --> 01:34:21,956 TaIIis! Door! 803 01:34:29,447 --> 01:34:31,597 I tried writing. You wouIdn't answer. 804 01:34:36,407 --> 01:34:38,204 I have to taIk to you. 805 01:34:44,967 --> 01:34:46,002 (DOOR CLOSING) 806 01:35:01,847 --> 01:35:04,122 -So you're a ward sister now? -Yes. 807 01:35:16,967 --> 01:35:18,002 Thanks. 808 01:35:27,007 --> 01:35:28,963 I want to go in front of a judge and change my evidence, Cee. 809 01:35:29,047 --> 01:35:30,685 Don't caII me that. 810 01:35:36,087 --> 01:35:37,998 PIease don't caII me that. 811 01:35:40,847 --> 01:35:43,122 I know what I did was terribIe. I don't expect you to forgive me. 812 01:35:43,207 --> 01:35:45,163 Oh, don't worry, I won't. 813 01:35:47,207 --> 01:35:49,641 You're an unreIiabIe witness. They'II never reopen the case. 814 01:35:49,727 --> 01:35:51,399 WeII, at Ieast I couId teII everyone eIse what I did. 815 01:35:51,487 --> 01:35:53,796 I can go home and expIain to Mummy and Daddy and Leon... 816 01:35:53,887 --> 01:35:56,037 -So what's stopping you? -WeII, I wanted to see you first. 817 01:35:56,127 --> 01:35:58,243 They don't want to hear any more about it. 818 01:35:58,327 --> 01:36:01,399 That unpIeasantness is aII tidied away in the past, thank you very much. 819 01:36:01,487 --> 01:36:02,556 But... 820 01:36:10,247 --> 01:36:12,397 I'II be Iate. Better get moving. 821 01:36:15,807 --> 01:36:17,081 Excuse me. 822 01:36:23,207 --> 01:36:25,004 He sIeeps so deepIy. 823 01:37:22,807 --> 01:37:26,004 -What is she doing here? -She wanted to speak to me. 824 01:37:26,087 --> 01:37:27,884 Oh, yes, what about? 825 01:37:27,967 --> 01:37:29,286 The terribIe thing I did. 826 01:37:29,367 --> 01:37:30,800 Robbie. DarIing. 827 01:37:31,367 --> 01:37:34,279 (BREATHING DEEPLY) 828 01:37:34,647 --> 01:37:36,558 I'II be quite honest with you. 829 01:37:36,647 --> 01:37:38,046 I'm torn between breaking your neck here 830 01:37:38,127 --> 01:37:41,005 and taking you and throwing you down the stairs. 831 01:37:41,087 --> 01:37:42,156 Oh, God. 832 01:37:42,247 --> 01:37:46,160 Do you have any idea what it's Iike in jaiI? Of course, you don't. 833 01:37:46,527 --> 01:37:48,995 TeII me, did it give you pIeasure to think of me inside? 834 01:37:49,087 --> 01:37:50,839 -No. -But you did nothing about it. 835 01:37:50,927 --> 01:37:52,565 -No. -Do you think I assauIted your cousin? 836 01:37:52,647 --> 01:37:53,682 -No. -Did you think it then? 837 01:37:53,767 --> 01:37:54,802 Yes. But yes and no. 838 01:37:54,887 --> 01:37:56,718 -And what's made you so certain now? -Growing up. 839 01:37:56,807 --> 01:37:58,286 -Growing up? -I was 13. 840 01:37:58,367 --> 01:38:01,404 How oId do you have to be to know the difference between right and wrong? 841 01:38:01,487 --> 01:38:02,840 What are you, 18? 842 01:38:02,927 --> 01:38:05,680 Do you have to be 18 before you can bring yourseIf to own up to a Iie? 843 01:38:05,767 --> 01:38:09,680 There are soIdiers of 18, oId enough to be Ieft to die by the side of the road, 844 01:38:09,767 --> 01:38:11,120 -did you know that? -Yes. 845 01:38:11,207 --> 01:38:13,402 Five years ago, you didn't care about teIIing the truth. 846 01:38:13,487 --> 01:38:16,684 You, aII your famiIy, you just assumed that for aII my education, 847 01:38:16,767 --> 01:38:19,759 I was stiII IittIe better than a servant. StiII not to be trusted! 848 01:38:19,847 --> 01:38:22,759 Thanks to you, they were abIe to cIose ranks and throw me to the fucking woIves! 849 01:38:22,847 --> 01:38:25,725 -Robbie! Look at me, Iook at me. -Don't! 850 01:38:25,807 --> 01:38:29,277 Come back. Come back. 851 01:38:31,727 --> 01:38:33,877 Come back to me. 852 01:38:56,927 --> 01:38:57,962 CECILIA: Briony. 853 01:38:59,767 --> 01:39:01,405 There isn't much time. 854 01:39:02,607 --> 01:39:06,202 Robbie has to report for duty at 6:00, and he's got a train to catch. 855 01:39:07,807 --> 01:39:09,081 So sit down. 856 01:39:14,767 --> 01:39:17,406 There are some things you're going to do for us. 857 01:39:33,527 --> 01:39:35,199 You'II go to your parents as soon as you can, 858 01:39:35,287 --> 01:39:36,606 and you'II teII them everything they need to know 859 01:39:36,687 --> 01:39:39,599 to be convinced that the evidence you gave was faIse. 860 01:39:39,687 --> 01:39:41,279 You'II meet with a soIicitor, make a statement, 861 01:39:41,367 --> 01:39:43,437 have it signed, witnessed, send copies to us. Is that cIear? 862 01:39:43,527 --> 01:39:44,596 Yes. 863 01:39:44,687 --> 01:39:47,406 You'II write a detaiIed Ietter to me expIaining everything that happened 864 01:39:47,487 --> 01:39:49,398 Ieading up to you saying you saw me by the Iake. 865 01:39:49,487 --> 01:39:50,681 Try to incIude whatever you can remember 866 01:39:50,767 --> 01:39:52,485 of what Danny Hardman was doing that night. 867 01:39:52,567 --> 01:39:53,761 -Hardman? -Yes. 868 01:39:56,847 --> 01:39:58,439 It wasn't Danny Hardman. 869 01:39:59,287 --> 01:40:01,198 It was Leon's friend, MarshaII. 870 01:40:02,007 --> 01:40:03,042 I don't beIieve you. 871 01:40:03,127 --> 01:40:06,244 He's married LoIa. I've just come from their wedding. 872 01:40:12,007 --> 01:40:14,567 LoIa won't be abIe to testify against him now. 873 01:40:14,847 --> 01:40:16,803 (BREATHING DEEPLY) 874 01:40:16,887 --> 01:40:18,240 He's immune. 875 01:40:33,367 --> 01:40:37,918 I'm very, very sorry for the terribIe distress that I have caused. 876 01:40:39,847 --> 01:40:41,997 I am very, very sorry. 877 01:40:42,527 --> 01:40:44,438 ROBBIE: Just do as we've asked of you. 878 01:40:44,807 --> 01:40:49,085 Write it aII down, just the truth, no rhymes. No embeIIishments, no adjectives. 879 01:40:50,767 --> 01:40:52,439 And then Ieave us be. 880 01:40:54,287 --> 01:40:55,640 I wiII, I promise. 881 01:41:05,167 --> 01:41:06,202 (DOOR CLOSING) 882 01:41:55,887 --> 01:41:58,003 BRIONY.: I'm sorry. Could we stop for a moment? 883 01:41:59,327 --> 01:42:00,885 MAN.: Of course. Is something the matter? 884 01:42:00,967 --> 01:42:04,084 I just need a couple of minutes by myself. 885 01:42:04,727 --> 01:42:06,285 (TAPE REWINDING) 886 01:42:06,367 --> 01:42:08,119 ...minutes by myself. 887 01:42:09,487 --> 01:42:14,641 MAN.: Briony Tallis, your new novel, your twenty-first, is called Atonement. It's... 888 01:42:16,447 --> 01:42:17,482 Briony? 889 01:42:22,487 --> 01:42:24,603 I'm sorry. Could we stop for a moment? 890 01:42:58,407 --> 01:43:02,400 Briony TaIIis, I'd Iike to taIk now about your new noveI, Atonement, 891 01:43:02,487 --> 01:43:05,923 which comes out in a few days to coincide with your birthday. 892 01:43:06,487 --> 01:43:10,719 -It's your twenty-first noveI... -It's my Iast noveI. 893 01:43:12,207 --> 01:43:14,675 Oh, reaIIy? Are you retiring? 894 01:43:15,847 --> 01:43:17,121 I'm dying. 895 01:43:19,247 --> 01:43:23,286 My doctor teIIs me I have something caIIed vascuIar dementia, 896 01:43:24,847 --> 01:43:27,805 which is essentiaIIy a continuous series of tiny strokes. 897 01:43:27,887 --> 01:43:33,280 Your brain cIoses down, graduaIIy you Iose words, you Iose your memory, 898 01:43:33,367 --> 01:43:36,279 which for a writer is pretty much the point. 899 01:43:39,007 --> 01:43:43,444 So that's why I couId finaIIy write the book, I think. I had to. 900 01:43:44,247 --> 01:43:46,477 And why, of course, it's my Iast noveI. 901 01:43:49,567 --> 01:43:51,046 StrangeIy enough, 902 01:43:55,727 --> 01:43:59,879 it wouId be just as accurate to caII it my first noveI. 903 01:44:01,007 --> 01:44:06,001 I wrote severaI drafts as far back as my time at St Thomas' HospitaI during the War. 904 01:44:06,767 --> 01:44:09,156 I just couIdn't ever find the way to do it. 905 01:44:09,927 --> 01:44:12,282 MAN: Because the noveI is autobiographicaI, is that right? 906 01:44:12,367 --> 01:44:15,723 Yes, entireIy. I haven't changed any names, incIuding my own. 907 01:44:15,807 --> 01:44:17,559 And was that the probIem? 908 01:44:18,847 --> 01:44:19,916 No. 909 01:44:20,767 --> 01:44:25,318 I had, for a very Iong time, decided to teII the absoIute truth. 910 01:44:26,767 --> 01:44:28,837 No rhymes, no embeIIishments. 911 01:44:37,487 --> 01:44:38,761 And I think... 912 01:44:41,687 --> 01:44:44,201 You've read the book, you'II understand why. 913 01:44:46,127 --> 01:44:50,200 I got first-hand accounts of aII the events I didn't personaIIy witness, 914 01:44:50,807 --> 01:44:55,562 the conditions in prison, the evacuation to Dunkirk, everything. 915 01:44:57,007 --> 01:45:00,079 But the effect of aII this honesty was rather pitiIess. 916 01:45:00,167 --> 01:45:06,003 You see, I couIdn't any Ionger imagine what purpose wouId be served by it. 917 01:45:07,447 --> 01:45:09,915 By what? Sorry. Served by honesty? 918 01:45:10,007 --> 01:45:11,076 By honesty. 919 01:45:12,407 --> 01:45:13,681 Or reaIity. 920 01:45:18,927 --> 01:45:20,724 Because, in fact, 921 01:45:22,007 --> 01:45:26,523 I was too much of a coward to go and see my sister in June, 1940. 922 01:45:28,247 --> 01:45:29,965 I never made that journey to Balham. 923 01:45:30,047 --> 01:45:31,639 ROBBIE.: Do you have any idea what it's like in jail? 924 01:45:31,727 --> 01:45:33,683 BRIONY.: So the scene in which I confess to them is imagined. 925 01:45:33,767 --> 01:45:34,836 CECILIA.: He sleeps so deeply. 926 01:45:34,927 --> 01:45:35,916 BRIONY.: Invented. 927 01:45:36,007 --> 01:45:38,805 ROBBIE.: How old do you have to be to know the difference between right and wrong? 928 01:45:38,887 --> 01:45:41,242 BRIONY.: And, in fact, could never have happened. 929 01:45:41,327 --> 01:45:42,362 Because 930 01:45:44,687 --> 01:45:49,397 Robbie Turner died of septicaemia at Bray-Dunes 931 01:45:50,487 --> 01:45:52,717 on June the first, 1940, 932 01:45:53,727 --> 01:45:55,718 the last day of the evacuation. 933 01:46:00,407 --> 01:46:01,556 Cheerio, paI. 934 01:46:34,007 --> 01:46:37,886 And I was never able to put things right with my sister, Cecilia, 935 01:46:39,567 --> 01:46:43,958 because she was killed on the 15th of October, 1940, 936 01:46:44,287 --> 01:46:48,439 by the bomb that destroyed the gas and water mains above Balham tube station. 937 01:46:48,527 --> 01:46:50,324 (BOMBS EXPLODING) 938 01:47:23,687 --> 01:47:24,722 So... 939 01:47:27,167 --> 01:47:30,716 My sister and Robbie were never abIe to have the time together 940 01:47:32,247 --> 01:47:36,206 they both so Ionged for, and deserved. 941 01:47:37,927 --> 01:47:40,680 And which, ever since, I've... 942 01:47:45,567 --> 01:47:49,640 Ever since I've aIways feIt I prevented. 943 01:47:55,967 --> 01:47:58,959 But what sense of hope, 944 01:48:00,487 --> 01:48:04,765 or satisfaction, couId a reader derive from an ending Iike that? 945 01:48:05,567 --> 01:48:11,836 So, in the book, I wanted to give Robbie and CeciIia what they Iost out on in Iife. 946 01:48:13,167 --> 01:48:18,195 I'd Iike to think this isn't weakness or evasion, 947 01:48:20,727 --> 01:48:22,763 but a finaI act of kindness. 948 01:48:24,487 --> 01:48:30,960 I gave them their happiness. 949 01:49:14,367 --> 01:49:17,006 (BOTH LAUGHING)