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How I Live Now ()


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An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.

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Cast

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Daisy
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Isaac
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Eddie
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Piper
Danny McEvoy ...
Joe
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Aunt Penn
Jonathan Rugman ...
News Reporter
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Consular Official
Darren Morfitt ...
Sergeant
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Mrs. McEvoy
Des McAleer ...
Major McEvoy
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Woman in Truck
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Woman in Truck
Nav Sidhu ...
Checkpoint Soldier
Amy Dawson ...
Beaten Woman
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Chasing Man 1
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Chasing Man 2
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tony Arvanitis ...
Soldier (uncredited)
Sarah Barnett ...
Female Soldier (uncredited)
Danielle Britten ...
Air Hostess (uncredited)
Sabrina Dickens ...
Guerilla Soldier Girlfriend (uncredited)
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Mercenary (uncredited)
Sophie Ellis ...
Farm Girl (uncredited)
Paul Fitzpatrick ...
Security Officer (uncredited)
Julian Gillard ...
Commanding Officer (uncredited)
Semina Lewis ...
Field Worker (uncredited)
Colin Oliver ...
Army Sergeant (uncredited)
Nick Pratt ...
Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Julian Price ...
Villager (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
Clive Shaw ...
Soldier Corporal (uncredited)
Gavin Sims ...
Gypsy (uncredited)
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Passenger (uncredited)
Carl Sykes ...
Villager (uncredited)

Directed by

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Kevin Macdonald

Written by

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Meg Rosoff ... (based on the novel by)
 
Jeremy Brock ... (screenplay by) &
Penelope Skinner ... (screenplay by) and
Tony Grisoni ... (screenplay by)
 
Jack Thorne ... (additional material)

Produced by

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John Battsek ... producer
Jeremy Brock ... associate producer
Alasdair Flind ... producer
Rosa Romero ... line producer
Tessa Ross ... executive producer
Andrew Ruhemann ... producer
Charles Steel ... producer
Nicole Stott ... associate producer
Robert Walak ... executive producer
Piers Wenger ... executive producer
Nigel Williams ... executive producer

Music by

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Jon Hopkins

Cinematography by

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Franz Lustig ... director of photography

Editing by

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Jinx Godfrey

Editorial Department

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Fiorenza Bagnariol ... digital film bureau: Company 3
Peter Collins ... colour assistant: Company 3
Marie Fernandes ... digital intermediate producer: Company 3
Adam Glasman ... colourist: Company 3
Emily Greenwood ... digital conform: Company 3
Neil Harrison ... digital intermediate systems administrator: Company 3 / senior digital intermediate administrator
David Harwood ... post-production coordinator
Dan Helme ... data wrangler: Company 3
Timothy P. Jones ... digital film bureau: Company 3 (as Timothy Jones)
Alex Kalmakrian ... second assistant editor
Mark Keady ... first assistant editor
Patrick Malone ... digital intermediate head of department: Company 3
Laura Pavone ... colour assistant: Company 3
Gordon Pratt ... digital film bureau: Company 3
Aurora Shannon ... colour assistant: Company 3 / home video mastering colorist
Stefan Sonnenfeld ... executive producer: Company 3
Laurent Treherne ... digital intermediate technologist: Company 3
Russell White ... digital conform assistant: Company 3
Jonathan Collard ... digital intermediate assistant producer: Company 3 (uncredited)
Darren Rae ... hd dailies colorist (uncredited)
Robert Scammell ... hd dailies assistant (uncredited)
Justin Tillett ... digital on-line editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Nina Gold

Production Design by

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Jacqueline Abrahams

Art Direction by

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Astrid Sieben

Costume Design by

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Jane Petrie

Makeup Department

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Fai Burnett ... hair trainee (as Fai Archer) / makeup trainee (as Fai Archer)
Barrie Gower ... prosthetic makeup artist
Alex King ... additional makeup artist (as Alexandra King)
Marese Langan ... hair designer / makeup designer
Victoria Northbrooke ... trainee: skillset
Sandra O'Brien ... hair department head: reshoots
Farzana Saiyed ... hair trainee / makeup trainee
Malwina Suwinska ... hair trainee / makeup artist
Kate Warwick-Oliver ... hair stylist / makeup artist

Production Management

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Patrick Burrows ... unit manager: London
Tracey Josephs ... head of production: Film4
Gabby Le Rasle ... production manager
Fiona Morham ... head of production: BFI
Louise Seymour ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jamie D. Allen ... second assistant director
Alex Currie-Clark ... third assistant director
Aaron Hartley ... second assistant director
Brady Hood ... third assistant director: additional unit
Adam Lock ... first assistant director
Andrew Mannion ... second assistant director: additional unit (as Andy Mannion)
Dan Maslen ... second unit director
Dan Winch ... first assistant director: additional photography

Art Department

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Rob Anderson ... construction manager
Rachel Atherton ... painter
Philip A. Brown ... draughtsman (as Philip Brown)
Mark Burgess ... dressing props: additional unit
Maxine Carlier ... stand-by art director
Julia Challis ... stand-by props (as Julia Bryson-Challis)
Gareth Cousins ... assistant art director
Simon Davies ... prop hand: dailies
Arwel Evans ... stand-by props
James Fennessy ... head painter (as Jim Fennessy)
Sara Figiel ... art department trainee
Darren Fitzgerald ... painter
Jason Frampton ... prop hand: dailies
Zoe Gold ... production buyer (as Zoe Hoare)
Philippa Hart ... set decorator: additional unit
Anthony Hill ... painter
Martin Hull ... painter (as Martin Hill)
Phillip Jones ... prop hand: dailies (as Phil Jones)
Roger Kiff ... carpenter
Pixie Lisette Lawrie ... greensman assistant (as Lisette Lawrie)
Blaanid Maddrell ... production buyer: Wales
Charlie Malik ... dressing props
Dan Maslen ... storyboard artist
Rowena Oven ... assistant set decorator: additional unit
Nick Palmer ... production designer: additional unit
David Pearce ... painter
Andre Pretorious ... carpenter
Stuart Rankmore ... props
Rhianedd Roberts ... prop hand: dailies
Paul Robinson ... dressing props: daily
Joelle Rumbelow ... production buyer: Wales
Sean Russel ... carpenter
Steve Rutter ... carpenter (as Stephen Rutter)
Tessa Scott ... painter
Mike Spence ... carpenter
Nick Thomas ... property master
Matt Watts ... dressing props / stand-by props: additional unit
Henry Woolway ... art department assistant
Matt Amos ... painter (uncredited)
Carly Reddin ... art director: first segment (uncredited)
David Sutheran ... props (uncredited)
Janine Wilder ... painter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Hugo Adams ... foley editor
Niv Adiri ... re-recording mixer / sound design editor
Nigel Albermaniche ... production sound mixer
Mark Appleby ... adr recordist
Ben Barker ... sound design editor
Mark Beverley ... dolby sound consultant
Luke Brown ... assistant foley mixer
Andrew Caller ... sound mix technician
Gillian Dodders ... additional dialogue editor
Bryn Duffy ... sound assistant
Danny Freemantle ... sound effects editor
Glenn Freemantle ... sound designer / supervising sound editor
Nick Freemantle ... assistant sound editor (as Nicholas Freemantle) / assistant sound editor
Glen Gathard ... foley mixer
Eilam Hoffman ... sound effects editor
Andrea King ... foley artist
Emilie O'Connor ... adr editor / dialogue editor
Andrew Quinney ... boom operator
Jack Stew ... foley artist
Ian Tapp ... re-recording mixer
Nick Baldock ... adr recordist (uncredited)
James Hyde ... adr recordist (uncredited)
Timothy Siddall ... sound mix technician (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Mike Crowley ... special effects technician
Graham Hills ... special effects technician
Chris Reynolds ... special effects supervisor
Neil Reynolds ... special effects technician
Jon Savage ... special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Huseyin Caner ... visual effects supervisor
Tim Caplan ... visual effects producer: Union Visual Effects
Sandra Chocholska ... visual effects artist: Union Visual Effects
Mitch Crease ... visual effects artist: Union Visual Effects
Agueda Del Castillo ... visual effects artist: Union Visual Effects
Simon Hughes ... visual effects supervisor: Union VFX
Mark Keady ... visual effects editor: Union Visual Effects
Ines Li ... visual effects production assistant: Union Visual Effects (as Ines Li Ying)
Mervyn New ... visual effects artist: Union Visual Effects
Nikul Patel ... lidar tech
Maria Peralta Ramos ... visual effects artist: Union Visual Effects
Kim Ranzani ... visual effects artist: Union Visual Effects
Iain Read ... visual effects artist: Union Visual Effects
James Roberts ... visual effects artist: Union Visual Effects
Aurora Shannon ... additional colourist
Noga Alon Stein ... visual effects coordinator: Union Visual Effects

Stunts

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Nina Armstrong ... stunt performer
Lloyd Bass ... stunt performer
Oliver Gough ... stunt performer
Ian Kay ... stunt performer
Maurice Lee ... stunt performer
Belinda McGinley ... stunt performer
Jo McLaren ... stunt coordinator
Chris Newton ... stunt performer
Andy Pilgrim ... stunt performer
Donna Williams ... stunt performer (as Donna C. Williams)
Leo Woodruff ... stunt performer
Tony Arvanitis ... stunt performer (uncredited)
Casey Michaels ... stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Simon Beach ... electrician
David Cadwallader ... grip: additional unit
Chris Cavanagh ... daily video assist
Mark Clayton ... gaffer
Nicola Dove ... still photographer
Kevin Foy ... grip: dailies
Keith Freeman ... stand-by rigger
Tristan Haley ... first assistant camera: dallies
Benny Harper ... best boy
Garry Hedges ... electrician
Dai Hopkins ... grip: dailies
Jeremy Hunt ... camera trainee
Chris Jacobi ... camera trainee: skillset
Mark Johnson ... electrician
Daniel Laviada ... key grip
John Lee ... additional photography
Lydia Lewis ... camera trainee
Mark Milsome ... additional photography / camera operator: "b" camera
Agatha A. Nitecka ... still and specials photographer
Steve Petrie ... video assist operator
Sarah Rollason ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Susanne Salavati ... additional photography (as Susanne Willett)
Richard Stevenson ... underwater camera operator
James Summers ... rigging gaffer
Orit Teply ... first assistant camera
Gerry Vasbenter ... steadicam operator
Alexandra Voikou ... a camera clapper loader
Hana Vojackova ... additional still photographer: additional unit
Andrew Vowles ... stand-by rigger
Benjamin Wearing ... camera operator: "c" camera / second assistant camera: "b" camera
Harry Wiggins ... gaffer: additional unit
Neil Willis ... aerial camera operator
Rick Woollard ... steadicam operator: additional unit
David Wright ... digital imaging technician
David J. Bremner ... grip (uncredited)
Mark Holownia ... electrician (uncredited)
Rich Stevenson ... underwater camera team (uncredited)
Richard Stevenson ... underwater camera team (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Lauren Evans ... casting assistant
Theo Park ... casting associate
Cindy Tolan ... additional casting
Robert Sterne ... casting assistant (uncredited)
Hannah Marie Williams ... extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Genevieve Cox ... costume supervisor
Barbara Elum-Baldres ... costume assistant
Terry Facer ... military costumer
Natasha Freeman ... costume alterations
Beth Gillman ... assistant costume designer
Katy Hackney ... costume dailies
Vanessa Lingham ... costume dailies
Sharon Long ... costume dailies
Anna Oldham-Cooper ... costume and wardrobe trainee: skillset
Hilary Steiman ... specialist knitwear (as Hilary Sleiman)
Karishma Harjani ... costume trainee (uncredited)

Location Management

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Tom Asquith ... location scout (as Thomas Asquith)
Joshua Benedetti ... location manager: Wales
Patrick Burrows ... assistant location manager
Joseph Cairns ... location scout
Gareth Cousins ... location scout
Andrew Dalmahoy ... location manager: London
Giles Edleston ... location manager: additional unit
Clive Evans ... location scout
Dorothee Freytag ... locations assistant: London
Tom Howard ... supervising location manager
Davis Lampard ... locations assistant: Wales (as Davys Lampard)

Music Department

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Leo Abrahams ... musician: guitars
Cherie Hashzume ... additional engineering
Jon Hopkins ... music producer / musician
Sarah Jones ... musician: drums
Abi Leland ... music supervisor
Davide Rossi ... musician: violin
Vince Sipprell ... musician: violas
Emma Smith ... musician: violin
Niv Adiri ... music editor (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Janice Schumm ... script supervisor
Natalie Sloan ... script supervisor: additional unit

Transportation Department

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Tony Arvanitis ... transport captain
Jack Cooke ... driver
Shawn Dixon ... driver
Christopher Free ... facilities hod
Louis Irwin ... vehicle coordinator: TLO
Tom Keil ... driver
Andy Lawrence ... driver: grip
Tom Ludlam ... driver
Izzy Miah ... driver: minibus

Additional Crew

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Richard Bassett ... lead security
Benjamin Berkowitz ... marketing & publicity
Bianca Boey ... publicist: Freud Communications
Sarah Bowden ... catering manager: Bowdens Catering
Geraint Bowen ... head chef: Bowdens Catering (as Geraint 'Bowz' Bowen)
Sue Bruce-Smith ... head of commercial development: and brand strategy Film4
Sandra Butterworth ... dialect coach
Amy Cairns ... production legal services: Reed Smith
Neil Calder ... completion guarantor: Film Finances
Tonia Cohen ... clearance services: Capello Media Solutions
John Constable ... tutor
Jack Cooke ... production runner
Ben Coren ... assistant to director and producers
Celine Coulson ... executive assistant to head of film4
Laura Crowley ... production legal services: Reed Smith
Chris Cullum ... health and safety officer
Matt Curtis ... titles designer
Robin Davies ... production coordinator
Maxine Davis ... production accountant
Ben Dawes ... production assistant
Cynthia De Souza ... BFI Film Fund
Harry Dixon ... head of business affairs: Film4
Paul Fitzpatrick ... security officer
Lizzie Francke ... senior production executive: BFI
Sophia Garrido ... epk
Maryllis Gonzalez ... first assistant accountant
Harry Greaves ... rushes runner
Martyn Griffiths ... facilities manager
Paul Grindey ... head of business affairs
Aimee Hall ... publicist: Freud Communications
Andy Halsey ... sous chef: Bowdens Catering
Laura Harold ... double: Daisy
Paul Hillier ... insurance: Robertson Taylor
Ruth Hodgson ... completion guarantor: Film Finances
Steve Joberns ... auditor: Shipleys
Mali Jones ... double: Piper
Tom Kiel ... production runner
Ian Kirk ... head of production finance: BFI
Sam Lavender ... head of development: Film4
Kate Lee ... publicist: Freud Communications
Tom Ludlam ... production runner
Nadiya Luthra ... accommodation coordinator
Simon Matthews ... lead security: Wales
Colin Oliver ... armourer / military supervisor
Lynda Richards ... kitchen porter: Bowdens Catering
Ben Roberts ... director of film fund: BFI
Vinny Roberts ... driving double: Isaac
Liz Stevenson ... base runner trainee
Matthew Strange ... armourer / military supervisor
Sarah Townsend ... floor runner
Helen Turner ... production coordinator: additional unit
Rob Umney ... unit medic
Hamish Ward ... accounts assistant
Ben Wilkinson ... business affairs manager: BFI
Jamie Wolpert ... development executive: BFI
Cameron Arguelles ... conversions qc (uncredited)
Dean Clack ... facilities (uncredited)
Elton Farla ... medical services (uncredited)
Ali Moshref ... production executive: completion guarantor (uncredited)
Richard Wild ... weather consultant (uncredited)

Thanks

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Shaheen Baig ... special thanks
Richard Brindle ... special thanks
Catherine Clarke ... special thanks
Geoff Davies ... thanks
Griff Griffiths ... thanks
Rod Hall ... special thanks
Scott Jones ... thanks
Suzi Kennedy ... thanks
Charlotte Knight ... special thanks
Adele Minchin ... special thanks
Sara Murray ... special thanks
Mike Owen ... thanks
Peter Vabsley ... thanks
Thomas Vinterberg ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

American teenager Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) is sent by her estranged father away from New York City to the countryside of England to stay with her Aunt Penn (Anna Chancellor). Her distant cousin Isaac (Tom Holland) welcomes her at the airport and drives her home. She is introduced to her cousins, seventeen-year-old Eddie (George MacKay) and young Piper (Harley Bird) and to their friend Joe (Danny McEvoy). However, Daisy is a resentful, needy of love, and aloof girl who believes that she is cursed and that bad things happen wherever she goes since her mother died giving birth to her. Aunt Penn is a busy woman who is studying the war scenario in England, which is on alert due to an imminent terrorist attack, and needs to fly to Geneva. However, the next morning, a nuclear bomb explodes in London and the authorities of the United Kingdom declare a state of siege. Meanwhile, Daisy and Eddie fall in love with each other, but they are separated by the military, which sends girls to one camp and men to another. Daisy and Eddie promise to meet each other again. In a country at war, Daisy and Piper flee their lodging and cross England under martial law, trying to find Eddie and Isaac. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines Love will lead you home. See more »
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Also Known As
  • How I Live Now - Maintenant c'est ma vie (France)
  • Mi vida ahora (Spain)
  • わたしは生きていける (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Как я теперь люблю (Russia)
  • Как живея сега (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
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Runtime
  • 101 min
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Budget $8,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Director Kevin Macdonald had originally intended the cast to be all unknown or amateur actors and actresses and was looking for an American girl, around sixteen years old, to play Daisy, but cast Irish 18-year-old Saoirse Ronan instead, after her audition, reading a scene which left them in tears. See more »
Goofs At 28:37, Isaac leaps over the couch (holding a flashlight) and lands comfortably seated, a quick-action scene completed with two different camera angles. In the first, Eddie is watching Isaac's antics, while in the second, Eddie is instead looking down at his radio. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in How I Live Now (2013). See more »
Soundtracks Do It With A Rockstar See more »
Quotes Daisy: Before the war I used my willpower for stupid stuff, like not eating chocolate. I think I thought if I could control myself, then maybe the world around me would start to make sense. I guess I was pretty naive back then.
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