The first look at Saoirse Ronan in director Nora Fingscheidt's adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s best-selling memoir, The Outrun, has been revealed.
Oscar-nominated Ronan stars as Rona, who fresh out of rehab, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away.
As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
The film also stars Emmy nominee Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You) and BAFTA winner Stephen Dillane (Alex Rider) alongside Ronan.
Liptrot’s memoir of the same name won the 2016 Wainwright Prize and the 2017 PEN Ackerley Prize and was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. The book was translated into 15 languages, selling over 110,000 copies in the UK alone, and was added by publisher Canongate to its modern classics list, The Canons.
The Outrun will be released in Irish cinemas in 2023.
