How I Live Now (film)

How I Live Now
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Directed by	Kevin Macdonald
Screenplay by	Jeremy Brock Tony Grisoni Penelope Skinner
Based on	How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Produced by	John Battsek Alasdair Flind Andrew Ruhemann Charles Steel
Starring	Saoirse Ronan George MacKay Tom Holland Harley Bird Anna Chancellor
Cinematography	Franz Lustig
Edited by	Jinx Godfrey
Music by	Jon Hopkins
Production companies	Film4[1] BFI[1] Cowboy Films Passion Pictures Protagonist Pictures[1] Prospect Entertainment[1]
Distributed by	Entertainment One
Release dates	September 2013 (2013-09) (TIFF) 4 October 2013 (2013-10-04) (UK)
Running time	101 minutes[2]
Countries	Canada[1] United Kingdom[1]
Language	English
Budget	US$8,000,000
Box office	$1.1 million[3]

How I Live Now is a 2013 romantic speculative drama film based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Meg Rosoff. It was directed by Kevin Macdonald, written by Tony Grisoni, Jeremy Brock and Penelope Skinner while starring Saoirse Ronan, George MacKay, Tom Holland, Harley Bird, Anna Chancellor and Corey Johnson. The film centres around American teenager, Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) and her British cousins, Eddie (MacKay), Isaac (Holland) and Piper (Bird), as they try to reunite during an apocalyptic nuclear war.

The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival during the special presentation section. Upon release the film received mixed reviews, with some critics praising the romance between Ronan and MacKay and positively comparing the former's role as Daisy to Jennifer Lawrence's role as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games. The film was nominated for multiple awards across various categories including Ronan being nominated for a BIFA Award and a Saturn Award for Best Actress. MacKay and Ronan were both nominated for Best Young Actor at the London Film Critics' Circle. MacKay also went on to win the Breakthrough Award at the Richard Attenborough Film Awards.