Nora Fingscheidt discusses her intense direction of the new film The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan. She discusses the book, the wild sound design, and the gorgeous but challenging setting for this powerful film about alcoholism.

Saoirse Ronan and the strong cast of 'The Outrun' can't quite save what could have been a gripping drama about a young woman's return home and first steps toward recovery.

The crashing of waves, the somber recrimination of chilly charcoal clouds: for the young woman at the center of this story, Rona—played, in a marvelously nuanced performance by Saoirse Ronan —these are both markers of time and reminders that sometimes it’s necessary to temporarily drop out of time,