Later, the girls are on the verge of giving up until they see Eddie's pet hawk fly overhead. Daisy shoots them both and the two girls flee. As they leave, they are spotted by two armed men, who chase them through the woods. She mournfully takes his glasses and later buries them. Daisy finds that although Eddie is not among the dead, Isaac's body is. Daisy witnesses mistreatment of apparent captives at a camp and sometime thereafter a massacre near the camp where Isaac and Eddie were taken. Daisy and Piper escape to the countryside and begin a six day walk back to the house. Their neighbourhood is attacked by terrorists and Joe who was fostered in the same town is killed. He instead calls for Daisy to return to their home whenever she can get the chance.ĭaisy and Piper are fostered in the home of a British Army major and his wife. Eddie tries to fight back but is pinned down by the soldiers. Later on, the British Army storms their home and separates the boys and girls who are to be evacuated to separate parts of the country. Daisy is offered safe passage home back to America but decides to stay, set upon her love for Eddie. The children's summer fun ends when a terrorist coalition detonates a nuclear bomb in London that kills hundreds of thousands and in the aftermath, the electricity goes out, and they learn from an emergency radio broadcast that martial law has been imposed. A few days after her arrival, Penn flies to Geneva to attend an emergency conference because she is an expert in terrorist extremist groups. Meanwhile, Daisy falls in love with her eldest cousin, Eddie. Daisy also learns from her aunt that her late mother also used to stay at the farm frequently. Initially abrasive Daisy warms up to her cousins and their neighbour's son, Joe. Daisy arrives at Heathrow Airport to tightened security and reports of a bombing in Paris and is greeted by Isaac who drives her to their farm. Sometime in the future, Daisy, a maladjusted young American teenager is sent to the English countryside for the summer to stay with her Aunt Penn and her three children: Eddie, Isaac and Piper. MacKay also went on to win the Breakthrough Award at the Richard Attenborough Film Awards. MacKay and Ronan were both nominated for Best Young Actor at the London Film Critics' Circle. 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. 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 premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival during the special presentation section. The film centres around American teenager, Daisy ( Saoirse Ronan) and her British cousins, Eddie ( George MacKay), Isaac ( Tom Holland) and Piper ( Harley Bird), as they try to reunite during an apocalyptic nuclear war. 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. How I Live Now is a 2013 romantic speculative drama film based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Meg Rosoff. MHRA 'PO', All Acronyms, 30 October 2022, Bluebook All Acronyms, PO (Oct. PO, All Acronyms, viewed October 30, 2022, MLA All Acronyms. Retrieved October 30, 2022, from Chicago All Acronyms. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Quote Copy APA All Acronyms.
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