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Love will lead you home.

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Last modified: Dec. 8, 2013

How I Live Now

Release Date: Friday, November 8, 2013 Limited

An American girl on holiday in the English countryside with her family finds herself in hiding and fighting for her survival as war breaks out.

Director: Kevin Macdonald

Starring: Saoirse Ronan George MacKay Tom Holland Harley Bird

R Drama 1 hr, 41 m

  • 3.1 / 5
74% 26%

An American girl on holiday in the English countryside with her family finds herself in hiding and fighting for her survival as war breaks out.

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Daisy (Saoirse Ronan), a teenager from New York, is 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 (George McKay), 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 (Harley 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.
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Parent Rating
R Restricted for violence, disturbing image, language and some sexuality
Runtime
1 hr, 41 m
Tagline
Love will lead you home.
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Language
English

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How I Live Now was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, November 8, 2013. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including About Time, Thor: The Dark World and The Book Thief. As a limited release, How I Live Now was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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