The Oscars

Irish teenager, Saoirse Ronan, is one of the nominees as Actress in Supported role at this years 80th Annual Academy Awards for her part in the movie Atonement. This is the first Academy Award nomination for Saoirse Ronan.

Saoirse Ronan plays thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis, an aspiring writer whose misunderstanding of her older sister's actions leads to a series of tragedies.

FILM SYNOPSIS
On a summer's day in 1935, a series of events and the ways in which they are misinterpreted change the lives of sisters Briony and Cecilia Tallis and their housekeeper's son, Robbie. An overseen interchange between Cecilia and Robbie, a careless mistake, and an act of violence provoke an escalating tragedy of misunderstandings that center on thirteen-year-old Briony and her imperfect grasp of the adult world.