Critically-acclaimed war drama film to air on TV this weekend - where to watch

Critically-acclaimed movie Atonement volition aerial connected BBC One this weekend, giving fans different accidental to ticker the Oscar-winning movie.

The highly-praised warfare play movie Atonement is acceptable to grace our tv screens this weekend, giving fans different accidental to bask the Oscar-winning flick.

The movie volition beryllium broadcast connected BBC One connected Saturday nighttime astatine 11:10pm and volition subsequently beryllium disposable for viewing connected BBC iPlayer.

Atonement boasts a star-studded formed including James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai and Vanessa Redgrave, and is based connected Ian McEwan's 2001 novel.

The movie was directed by Joe Wright, known for his enactment connected Pride and Prejudice, Hanna and The Woman successful the Window.

The crippled revolves astir a 13-year-old aspiring writer named Briony Tallis who drastically alters respective lives erstwhile she falsely accuses her older sister's person of a transgression helium didn't commit, reports the Manchester Evening News.

The communicative traces the repercussions of this transgression implicit the adjacent six decades, opening successful the 1930s.

Atonement premiered astatine some the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival and the 64th Venice International Film Festival.

Upon its merchandise successful 2007, it was a container bureau hit, raking successful a worldwide gross of $129 cardinal against a fund of $30 million.

Critics lauded the performances, affectional depth, philharmonic score, cinematography and the film's incorporation of real-life events.

At the 80th Academy Awards, Atonement received 7 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Saoirse, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score, the second of which it won.

The movie stormed the 61st British Academy Film Awards with 14 nominations and scooped up the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama.

Scoring a coagulated 7.8 retired of 10 connected IMDb, courtesy of reviews from 305 1000 voters, the movie besides boasts an awesome 83% connected the Tomatometer astatine Rotten Tomatoes.

Admirers of the flick person taken to assorted platforms to explicit their views implicit time. A instrumentality gushed connected Rotten Tomatoes, stating: "It is an elegant and blase film, 1 that ne'er condescends oregon shirks from the complexity of the caller and its expansive themes - war, love, sex, memory, betrayal, redemption."

Another enthused: "This level of storytelling and artistry is simply a uncommon treat, demonstrating manager Joe Wright's knack for moving with adapted material."

Atonement volition aerial connected Saturday astatine 11:10pm connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.