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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, and stars Saoirse Ronan, George MacKay, Tom Holland, Harley Bird, Anna Chancellor, and Corey Johnson. The film centres around American teenager Daisy (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 and received mixed reviews, with some critics positively comparing Ronan's role 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 British Independent Film Award and a Saturn Award. Macdonald, MacKay, and Bird also received various nominations.
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Plot
Sometime in the future, Elizabeth 'Daisy' Rybeck, an irritable, neurotic American teenager, is sent by her father David to the English countryside for the summer to stay with her Aunt Penn and her three cousins: Eddie, Isaac, and Piper. 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. Daisy remains abrasive towards her cousins and their neighbour's son, Joe. She learns from her aunt that her late mother Julia, who died in childbirth, also used to stay at the farm frequently. Shortly after her arrival, Aunt Penn flies to Geneva to attend an emergency conference because she is an expert in terrorist extremist groups. Meanwhile, Daisy begins falling in love with her eldest cousin, Eddie.