The first trailer for Saoirse Ronan’s new film, The Outrun, has been released and it sees the Oscar-nominated Irish star playing a recovering alcoholic struggling to come to terms with her past.
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Directed by Nora Fingscheidt (System Crasher), The Outrun is released in Irish cinemas on Friday 27 September and is an adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s best-selling memoir of the same name. Fingscheidt and Liptrot have collaborated on bringing the book to the screen.
The Outrun is billed as “a searingly honest drama about addiction, survival, and the power of nature to restore life and renew hope, set in the wild northern Orkney islands”.
“After a decade away in London, 29-year-old Rona (Saoirse Ronan) returns home to the Orkney Islands,” says the synopsis.
“Sober but lonely, she tries to suppress her memory of the events that set her on this journey of recovery.
“Slowly, the beauty and lore of the land enters her inner world and – one day at a time – Rona finds hope and strength in herself among the heavy gales and the bracingly cold sea.”
Ronan is among the producers of The Outrun. The film also stars Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Stephen Dillane (Alex Rider), and Saskia Reeves (Slow Horses).
The Outrun received its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah in January.
