Four-time Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan is back in the Best Actress race this year with “The Outrun,” an addiction drama from director Nora Fingscheidt (“The Unforgivable”). The film will soon be coming to a theater near you, as Sony Pictures Classics has picked it up for distribution and given it a fall release date in partnership with Stage 6 Films.
“The Outrun” is based on a memoir by Amy Liptrot, who co-wrote the screenplay with Fingscheidt. Ronan plays Rona, a young Scottish woman who gets out of rehab for alcoholism and returns home to the remote Orkney Islands resolving to deal with her addiction once and for all. The cast includes Paapa Essiedu, Nabil Elouahabi, Stephen Dillane, and Saskia Reeves.
“‘The Outrun’ is a stunning movie, beautifully directed by Nora Fingscheidt with a career-best performance from Saoirse Ronan. It is a privilege to bring this accomplished and moving drama to audiences everywhere this fall,” Sony Pictures Classics said in a statement.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and screened at the Berlin Film Festival. The film is produced by Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, and Ronan.
“The Outrun” is one of two Oscar contenders Ronan will star in this year; the other is Steve McQueen’s World War II film “Blitz,” which will be released in theaters and on streaming in November via Apple. “The Outrun” is a rare contemporary film for Ronan, who is best known for performing in period pieces. Her four Oscar nominations are for “Atonement,” “Brooklyn,” “Lady Bird,” and “Little Women.” The former was for Best Supporting Actress, and the latter three were for Best Actress. She is the second-youngest person to achieve four nominations, behind Jennifer Lawrence. She won a Golden Globe in 2017 for “Lady Bird.”
“The Outrun” will be released in theaters on October 4.
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