The Outrun
Sensitive drama starring Saoirse Ronan as a young woman who, after a stay in rehab, loses herself in the pristine nature and solitude of Scotland’s Orkney Islands trying to find joy in life again.
After an absence of more than ten years, Rona returns to her home on the remote Orkney Islands. As she rediscovers the unique, wild landscape in which she grew up, her childhood memories mingle with those from her more recent times as an addict. Her departure for the city and subsequent dissolute years in London resulted in a painful fall. But little by little, her encounter with the enchanted, wind-battered coasts of the islands becomes a chance for a new life.
Nora Fingscheidt’s impressive adaptation of Amy Liptot’s autobiographical bestseller uses harrowing flashbacks to depict Rona’s downward spiral in London and her time in a strict rehab programme. The images of her new life in the environment of her childhood - initially mostly grey, windswept and isolated - are just as fascinating. (source: www.berlinale.de)
Prior to this film, the Ultrakort film Please Make My Wish Come True will be shown.