Romola Garai

In 1935, thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. He hopes that Cecilia has comparable feelings. All it will take...

Katey Miller moves to Havana with her parents, and they expect her to associate with only the other posh Americans living there. She goes against everything when she falls in love with the pool boy that teaches her the art of Cuban dancing.