The story unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart.
Raised by her father (Eric Bana of Star Trek), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin.
Thirteen-year-old Briony wrongly accuses Robbie (James McAvoy) of a terrible crime, but the only person who doesn't believe her is her older sister Cecilia (Kiera Knightley) and now their lives shall change forever.