 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Makore mana gare gare, muHondo Yenyika II, Robbie akasunungurwa mutorongo pamutemo wokuti apinde muchiuto ndokurwa muHondo yeFrance. Akaparadzaniswa neboka rake, anoenda netsoka kuDunkirk. Anofunga nezvemwedzi mitanhatu yakanga yapfuura paakasangana naCecilia, uyo zvino ava mukoti. Briony, zvino ane makore 18, akasarudza kubatana nechikoro chaichimbova chevanamukoti chaCecilia paSt Thomas Hospital muLondon panzvimbo pokuenda kuYunivhesiti yeCambridge. Anonyorera hanzvadzi yake, asi Cecilia haasati amukanganwira nokuda kwechikamu chake munzvero nokurangwa makore apfuura. Robbie, uyo ari kurwara zvakakomba nemhaka yoronda rune utachiona, pakupedzisira anosvika pamhenderekedzo dzegungwa dzeDunkirk, uko anomirira kubviswa. 