How I Live Now

Movie
German title	How I Live Now
Original title	How I Live Now
Country of production	Great Britain
original language	English
Publishing year	2013
length	101 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
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Director	Kevin Macdonald
script	Meg Rosoff , ; Jeremy Brock , ; Penelope Skinner , ; Tony Grisoni
production	John Battsek
music	Jon Hopkins
camera	Franz Lustig
cut	Jinx Godfrey
occupation
	Saoirse Ronan : Daisy; George MacKay : Eddie; Harley Bird : Piper; Tom Holland : Isaac; Danny McEvoy : Joe; Anna Chancellor : Aunt Penn; Corey Johnson : Consular Officer; Des McAleer's : Major McEvoy; Stella Gonet : Mrs. McEvoy; Darren Morfitt : Sergeant;
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How I Live Now is a British feature film of director Kevin Macdonald from the year 2013 . It is the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by the writer Meg Rosoff .

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Fifteen-year-old American Daisy is sent to war-threatened England by her father to spend the summer in the country with her aunt Penn and their children Eddie, Isaac and little Piper. At first she remains closed and reacts unwillingly to the attempts of the other children to get closer to her. It was only when Penn went to Geneva to attend a conference aimed at preventing the war that she opened up a little. When the children were swimming in the afternoon, an atom bomb exploded in London and war broke out.

The children left on their own find their way around the new situation after initial difficulties. Daisy is given the opportunity to be evacuated through the US consulate in Edinburgh , but does not take advantage of this because she has fallen in love with Eddie, who reciprocates her feelings.

One day they are picked up by soldiers who separate the group. The two boys come to Gatesfield, Daisy and Piper are placed with a couple whose son is serving in the war. There they have to do field work every day together with other women. Daisy forges an escape plan, including stealing groceries, a map and a gun. She and Eddie promised each other when they split up that they would meet again at home.

When the place where they are housed is attacked one night, Daisy and Piper flee. The two make their way through the wilderness, avoiding marauders and escaping two men who captured Piper by Daisy shooting one and wounding the other. By chance they come to the meanwhile deserted Gatesfield, where Daisy discovers Isaac's corpses in a makeshift barracks.

When the girls get home, they find the house empty and devastated. They clean it up and wait for Eddie, whom Daisy finds one day seriously injured in the woods near the house. She cares for his wounds, but he is severely traumatized, no longer speaks and shows no emotions. But Daisy doesn't give up hope that he will get well again.

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Saoirse Ronan at the premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival

How I Live Now was filmed in Wales and England . The world premiere was on September 10, 2013 as part of the Toronto International Film Festival . In the UK, the film came to the October 4, 2013 cinemas . In Germany it was released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 27, 2014 .

synchronization

How I Live Now was dubbed by Scalamedia GmbH . The dialogue director was Solveig Duda , who also wrote the dialogue book .

actor	German speaker	role
Saoirse Ronan	Marcia from Rebay	Daisy
George MacKay	Tobias Kern	Eddie
Harley Bird	Lilia Duda	Piper
Tom Holland	Malte Wetzel	Isaac
Danny McEvoy	Mio Lechenmayr	Joe
Anna Chancellor	Claudia Lössl	Aunt Penn
Corey Johnson	Thomas Darchinger	Consular officer
The McAleer's	Thomas Rauscher	Major McEvoy
Stella Gonet	Marion Hartmann	Mrs. McEvoy
Darren Morfitt	Julian Manuel	sergeant