Kevin Macdonald’s adaptation of Meg Rosoff’s novel stars Saoirse Ronan as Elizabeth, who finds herself stranded on a farm at the outbreak of the Third World War. At first homesick for New York, she soon settles into life in the countryside, before the war threatens to destroy the lives of everyone around her. It is then that she is confronted with the reality her surroundings and begins to fight back.
How I Live Now
Directed by Kevin Macdonald