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Directed by | Nora Fingscheidt |
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Based on | The Outrun by Amy Liptrot |
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Cinematography | Yunus Roy Imer |
Edited by | Stephan Bechinger |
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Distributed by | StudioCanal [1] |
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Running time | 118 minutes [2] |
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Language | English |
The Outrun is a 2024 drama film directed by Nora Fingscheidt from a screenplay she co-wrote with Amy Liptrot, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name by Liptrot. It stars Saoirse Ronan, who also serves as a producer.
Rona, a young woman recently out of rehab for alcoholism, returns home to the Orkney Islands. [1] [4]
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. [4] Production commenced in Orkney in August 2022. [5]
StudioCanal is set to release the film in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Austria. 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]
The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on 19 January 2024. [3] [2] It was also screened at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section in February 2024. [6]
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 tremendous performance". [7] 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". [8]
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Berlin International Film Festival | 25 February 2024 | Panorama Audience Award for Best Feature Film | Nora Fingscheidt | Nominated | [9] [10] |
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