The Outrun 2024
- Director: Nora Fingscheidt
- Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu, Saskia Reeves, Stephen Dillane·
- Why? Scotland
- Seen: 30 April 2026
Troubled
by alcoholism and unemployed despite a Master’s in biology, Rona (Ronan) leaves
London and her boyfriend Daynin (Essiedu), who has given up on her, and returns
to her childhood home in Orkney. Her mother (Reeves) is a religious fanatic,
her father (Dillane) is bi-polar.
She
fights the desperate urge to drink, and the urge to return to London.
It’s as
much a nature documentary on the magnificent Orkney Islands as a gripping
portrait of a woman struggling with addiction. Ronan is, as always,
outstanding.
Do you know what a corncrake is?
4* of 5
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