Christopher Hampton

Ch ri -- Indulge in Cheri, the seductive and provocative drama about a scandalous love affair, set during the opulent decadence of pre- World War I Paris.

Atonement -- Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this stunning epic love story stars Keira Knightley and James McAvoy and is hailed by critics as 'a ravishing romance.'

Indulge in Cheri, the seductive and provocative drama about a scandalous love affair, set during the opulent decadence of preWorld War 1 Paris starring award winners Michelle Pfeiffer and Kathy Bates. The ravishing Lea, famed courtesan to the rich and famous, is contemplating her retirement, when her archrival (Bates) as her to teach her spoiled 19 year old son Cheri about women. It's an adventure that becomes a heated and passionate affair that results in power struggles over sex, money, age, and society and unexpectedly, love itself as a boy who refuses to grow up collides with a woman who realizes she cannot stay young forever.

Indulge in Cheri, the seductive and provocative drama about a scandalous love affair, set during the opulent decadence of pre- World War I Paris.

Indulge in Cheri, the seductive and provocative drama about a scandalous love affair, set during the opulent decadence of pre- World War I Paris.

It is turn of the century in Belle Epoque Paris and a scandalous romp is underfoot. The sensational tale begins as the ravishing Lea (Michelle Pfeiffer) contemplates retirement from her renowned stature as Paris' most envied seductress to the rich and famous. Her plans are cut short when she is approached by a former courtesan and arch rival, the barb-throwing gossip Charlotte Peloux (Kathy Bates), who encourages Lea to teach her disaffected 19-year-old son - a bon vivant nicknamed "Cheri" (Rupert Friend) - a thing or two about women. The resulting escapades involve power struggles over sex, money, age and society - and, unexpectedly, love itself - as a boy who refuses to grow up collides with a woman who realizes she cannot stay young forever. Director Stephen Frears ("The Queen") and screenwriter Christopher Hampton ("Atonement") reunite ("Dangerous Liaisons") to playfully bring Colette's unconventional romance, CHERI, to the screen.

Set in North Carolina during the Civil War, two young Confederate soldiers are confronted by a young widow when they try to steal her chickens and one of them is killed. How will they all find "atonement" from this tragedy?

Set in North Carolina during the Civil War, two young Confederate soldiers are confronted by a young widow when they try to steal her chickens and one of them is killed. How will they all find "atonement" from this tragedy?

This is the story of a lady's tryst, trials and tribulations with her past, her guilt, her present - her atonement.

This is the story of a lady's tryst, trials and tribulations with her past, her guilt, her present - her atonement.

Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this stunning epic love story stars Keira Knightley and James McAvoy and is hailed by critics as "a ravishing romance."

Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this stunning epic love story stars Keira Knightley and James McAvoy and is hailed by critics as "a ravishing romance."