The Outrun

German director Nora Fingscheidt (System Crasher) lends her visceral style to this adaptation of the best-selling memoir by Amy Liptrot, set in the otherworldly Orkney Islands of Scotland and marked by a fully committed performance by Saoirse Ronan.

A brutally honest drama about addiction and recovery, strength and survival, mental health and the ability of the sea, the land and of people to restore life and renew hope.

After a decade away in London, 29-year-old Rona returns home to the Orkney Islands. Sober but lonely, she tries to suppress her memory of the events which set her on this journey of recovery. Slowly the mystical 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.

“Fingscheidt’s nonlinear approach allows the film to ride the tidal rhythms of addiction, while Ronan’s committed performance churns those ebbs and flows into a widescreen journey that earns its epic backdrop.” ~David Ehrlich, IndieWire

“Even when the film risks becoming overly precious, Ronan keeps Rona’s struggles gripping. It is a tale not so much of triumph as one of melancholy resilience.” ~Tim Grierson, Screen Daily