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How I Live Now (2013)

How I Live Now poster
Directed by
Kevin Macdonald
Genre
drama film, war film, romance film, coming-of-age film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 952 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An American teenager living with her cousins in the English countryside faces a sudden nuclear war. She must survive and find her way back to her loved ones amid the chaos.

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What happens

How I Live Now is a 2013 romantic speculative drama film based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Meg Rosoff. It was directed by Kevin Macdonald, written by Tony Grisoni, Jeremy Brock, and Penelope Skinner, and stars Saoirse Ronan, George MacKay, Tom Holland, Harley Bird, Anna Chancellor, and Corey Johnson. The film centres around American teenager Daisy (Ronan) and her British cousins Eddie (MacKay), Isaac (Holland), and Piper (Bird), as they try to reunite during an apocalyptic nuclear war. The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and received mixed reviews, with some critics positively comparing Ronan's role to Jennifer Lawrence's role as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games. The film was nominated for multiple awards across various categories, including Ronan being nominated for a British Independent Film Award and a Saturn Award. Macdonald, MacKay, and Bird also received various nominations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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