Saoirse Ronan stars in How I Live Now, an adaptation of Meg Rosoff‘s novel (buy it here) directed by Kevin Macdonald (State of Play, The Last King of Scotland) and co-starring George MacKay, Harley Bird, Natasha Jonas and the young star of The Impossible, Tom Holland. The first trailer for the film arrived late on Friday and I held off until now to bring it to you.
In the film Ronan stars as Daisy, a teenager from New York, sent to the English countryside for the summer to stay with cousins. She soon immerses herself in a dreamy pastoral idyll as she falls madly in love with Eddie (MacKay), until their perfect summer is blown apart by the sudden outbreak of a 21st century world war. Along with Eddie’s younger siblings, Isaac (Tom Holland) and Piper (Bird), they are left in isolation and forced to fend for themselves. When they are violently separated Daisy must embark on a terrifying journey in order to be reunited with the boy she loves. Eddie is never far from Daisy’s mind but as her journey to find him becomes more desperate, the idea of what she may or may not find consumes her consciousness and haunts her soul.
Entertainment One is handling the UK release and will usher it into UK theaters on October 4 and I believe Magnolia has the domestic rights, but no U.S. date has yet been set.
Check out the trailer below.
