Jan 22: The Outrun

Wednesday, Jan. 22,, 2025
7 pm @ Galaxy Cinemas, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

This Wednesday we will be screening “The Outrun” as a fundraising opportunity for SOYA with a pay what you can admittance fee. All proceeds will go to SOYA.

Director: Nora Fingscheidt
Germany/UK 2024
English; 118 min
Rated: 14A

Based on the best-selling memoir by Amy Liptrot, The Outrun is a profoundlymoving drama about addiction, recovery, and the healing power of nature. After a decade away, 29-year-old Rona (Saoirse Ronan) returns home to the Orkney Islands, sober but lonely as she tries to suppress her memory of the events which set her on this journey of recovery. Slowly, the mystical land
enters her inner world and — one day at a time — Rona finds hope and strength among the heavy gales and bracingly cold sea, masterfully realized by Ronan in a career-best performance that’s generating early awards buzz.

In its efforts to be lyrical, sometimes it feels like bad poetry… The storytelling style got in the way, but [Saoirse Ronan’s] performance was fantastic..   Claudia Puig FilmWeek (KPCC – NPR Los Angeles)

The movie tells an admirable and moving story about a woman coming through her troubles, but it conveys no sense of creative or emotional risk..Richard Brody The New Yorker