The Outrun (film)

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The Outrun
The Outrun poster.jpg
UK theatrical release poster
Directed by Nora Fingscheidt
Screenplay by
Story by
Based on The Outrun
by Amy Liptrot
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyYunus Roy Imer
Edited byStephan Bechinger
Music by
  • John Gürtler
  • Jan Miserre
Production
companies
  • BBC Film
  • Protagonist Pictures
  • Brock Media
  • Arcade Pictures
Distributed by StudioCanal [1]
Release dates
  • 19 January 2024 (2024-01-19)(Sundance)
  • 27 September 2024 (2024-09-27)(United Kingdom)
  • 7 November 2024 (2024-11-07)(Germany)
Running time
118 minutes [2]
Countries
  • Germany [3] [4]
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4.7 million [5] [6]

The Outrun is a 2024 drama film directed by Nora Fingscheidt from a screenplay she co-wrote with Amy Liptrot, and a story the two co-wrote with Daisy Lewis, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name by Liptrot. A co-production between the United Kingdom and Germany, it stars Saoirse Ronan, who also serves as a producer, along with Paapa Essiedu, Nabil Elouahabi, Izuka Hoyle, Lauren Lyle, Saskia Reeves, and Stephen Dillane in supporting roles.

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The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 19 January 2024. It was released by StudioCanal in the United Kingdom on 27 September 2024 and in Germany on 7 November.

Plot

The story is told in a non-linear fashion. Rona, a young woman recently out of rehab for alcoholism, returns home to the Orkney Islands in Scotland. [1] [7] Her parents, originally from England, are separated. Staying with them alternately, she helps her father on his farm and meets her mother's religious friends. In flashbacks, we see Rona's previous life as a biology graduate student in London, finding freedom in clubbing and meeting a serious boyfriend, Daynin. However, Rona's drinking turns to alcoholism, causing problems in her relationship, and unintentional injury. Eventually, Daynin leaves her. One night, she is attacked while drunk. Soon afterwards, she enters rehab and completes a 90-day sober program.

Back on Orkney, Rona struggles to connect with others. She decides to return to London, but on the ferry, feels an overwhelming urge to drink, and abandons her plan to leave. She takes a job with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds which involves a systematic search for the now-rare corn crake, listening for its distinctive frog-like call. Rona's father has bipolar disorder, and when she comes across him in a depressive and non-responsive state, she takes a taste from his abandoned wineglass, leading to a brief relapse. Soon afterwards, Rona gets a job with the RSPB on the remote Papa Westray island, home to a tiny community. Living by herself, she connects with some of the other islanders, including a fellow alcoholic who runs the grocery. Throughout a windy winter on Papa Westray, she develops an interest in seaweed biology and grows healthier. As she prepares to depart that spring, she hears the call of a corn crake for the first time and laughs in delight.

Cast

Production

In January 2022, it was announced Nora Fingscheidt would direct a film adaptation of Amy Liptrot's memoir The Outrun , with Saoirse Ronan set to star and produce, and Fingscheidt and Liptrot writing the screenplay. [7] Production commenced in Orkney in August 2022. [8] Ronan's husband, actor Jack Lowden, also served as one of the film's producers. [9] In an interview with The Times , Ronan credited Lowden for suggesting the role to her. [10]

Release

Nora Fingscheidt, Saoirse Ronan, and Amy Liptrot at the film's screening at Berlin in December 2024 MKr349631 Nora Fingscheidt, Saoirse Ronan und Amy Liptrot (The Outrun, Berlinale 2024).jpg
Nora Fingscheidt, Saoirse Ronan, and Amy Liptrot at the film's screening at Berlin in December 2024

StudioCanal is set to release the film in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Austria. The film is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 27 September 2024, and later in Germany on 7 November. Protagonist Pictures is overseeing worldwide sales for the film, with CAA Media Finance also selling North American rights. The film was sold to Filmcoopi and Cineworx for Switzerland, Cinéart for Benelux and Stage 6 Films for all other international territories excluding North America. [1] On 12 July 2024, Stage 6 was announced to be partnering with sister company Sony Pictures Classics on the film's North American release, scheduling it for a theatrical release on 4 October 2024. [11]

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 19 January 2024. [3] [4] It was also screened at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section, [12] the 77th Edinburgh International Film Festival [13] and the 2024 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival. [14]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 82% of 152 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10.The website's consensus reads: "Benefiting from Saoirse Ronan's deeply committed performance in the central role, The Outrun proves a moving portrait of addiction in spite of its somewhat shapeless narrative." [15] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 72 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [16]

The Guardian 's Adrian Horton termed it "a moving and delicate adaptation" that "avoid[ed] the many cliches of the cinematic memoir adaptation", and took particular note of "Ronan's good performance". [17] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Fingscheidt’s third narrative feature continues her visceral explorations of the scarred female psyche" and added that Ronan "puts herself through the physical and emotional wringer" in an "emotionally charged performance". [18]

Alissa Wilkinson in The New York Times writes that Saoirse Ronan's greatness as an actor is in giving viewers the feeling "that her characters' minds are always working", using her eyes and the slightest of facial expressions to convey, in the case of The Outrun, a cheeky "impishness". Far from the conventional screen handling of addiction, "brash or hyperbolic", Ronan makes the film "into a thing of beauty and hard-won joy." [19]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Berlin International Film Festival 25 February 2024 Panorama Audience Award for Best Feature Film Nora Fingscheidt Nominated [20] [21]
Telluride Film Festival 30 August 2024 Silver Medallion Saoirse Ronan Won [22]
Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival 5 November 2024Best ActressWon [23] [24]
Best FilmThe OutrunNominated
Gotham Awards 2 December 2024 Outstanding Lead Performance Saoirse RonanNominated [25]
British Independent Film Awards 8 December 2024 Best Lead PerformanceNominated [26] [27]
Best British Independent Film The OutrunNominated
Best Director Nora FingscheidtNominated
Best Screenplay Nora Fingscheidt and Amy Liptrot Nominated
Best Cinematography Yunus Roy ImerNominated
Best Editing Stephen BechingerNominated
Best Make-Up & Hair Design Kat MorganNominated
Best Original Music John Gürtler and Jan MiserreNominated
Best Sound Dominik Leube, Oscar Stiebitz, Jonathan Schorr and Gregor BonseNominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association 15 December 2024 Best Actress Saoirse RonanNominated [28]

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