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Sony Pictures Classics announced on Friday that it will release the Saoirse Ronan drama The Outrun theatrically in North America in partnership with Stage 6 Films, opening it in theaters nationwide on October 4.
The project reunites Sony Pictures Classics with Ronan, who previously starred in its 2018 film adaption of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.
Based on the bestselling memoir by Amy Liptrot, who co-wrote the screenplay with director Nora Fingscheidt (System Crasher), The Outrun follows Rona (Ronan), a 29-year-old who, after a decade away in London, returns home to the Orkney Islands. Sober but lonely, 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 in herself among the heavy gales and the bracingly cold sea.
World premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival before going on to play Berlin and a number of others, the film also stars Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones), and Saskia Reeves (Slow Horses).
Presented by Stage 6 Films, it’s a BBC Film, Screen Scotland, and MBK Productions presentation and a Brock Media and Arcade Pictures production, in co-production with Weydemann Bros and StudioCanal. The film is produced by Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, and Ronan.
In a joint statement, filmmakers Fingscheidt, Brocklehurst, Norris, Lowden, and Ronan said, “THE OUTRUN is a film that means the world to everyone involved and we are delighted to have found a home at Sony Pictures Classics as our North American partners. Their taste and experience are inspiring, and we are excited to embark on this journey together.”
Added a spokesperson for Sony Pictures Classics, “THE OUTRUN is a stunning movie, beautifully directed by Nora Fingscheidt with a career-best performance from Saoirse Ronan. It is a privilege to bring this accomplished and moving drama to audiences everywhere this fall.”
