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Film Review - The Outrun

Film Review - The Outrun

Saoirse Ronan impresses as a struggling alcoholic attempting to go sober on the Orkney Islands

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Oct 02, 2024
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Based on a 2016 memoir by Amy Liptrot, The Outrun is a drama about a woman called Rona and her struggle with alcoholism, chopping between various timelines. These include her childhood on the Orkney Islands, her time in London when she became an alcoholic, and her subsequent return to the islands, attempting to get sober. As grim tale…

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