How I Live Now Page #2

Synopsis: American teenager Elizabeth "Daisy" is sent by her estranged father away from New York to the countryside of England to stay with her Aunt Penn. Her distant cousin Isaac welcomes her at the airport and drives her home. She is introduced to her cousins, seventeen year-old Eddie and young Piper and to their friend Joe. 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 in her delivery. 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
Director(s): Kevin Macdonald
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  1 win & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
R
Year:
2013
101 min
Website
966 Views


There's going to be

a World War Ill.

No, there isn't.

Stop being a dick,

and get Daisy

something to eat.

I'm not a dick!

- I'm actually not that hungry.

- Dick dick dick.

All right, Jet, I'm doing it.

We let you sleep in.

Eddie said you needed

to catch up on some rest.

- Did he?

- Are you a vampire?

No.

How much

dead animal do you want?

I'm really not hungry.

If you want,

I can make you a sandwich.

We've got some

really nice cheese.

No. I don't do wheat

or cow cheese.

- Cow cheese?

- Knob cheese.

Why don't you eat cow cheese?

Because it's basically

solidified cow mucus.

It stays in your gut

for like five years.

Morning.

Did you get

through to your dad?

Yeah. He's fine.

Actually, Isaac, could you pass

me the water, please?

D AIS Y's VOICE:
At least eight

glasses of water a day.

Mom said she'd call him

as soon as she can.

Let him know you arrived safely

and all.

No, that's fine.

He said not to bother.

He's kind of busy with work

and the new baby, so...

Increasing the supply

of the brain hormone...

Hey.

Have you got something

to say to me?

What are you looking at?

What was that all about?

It should be

taken once a day with water.

Stay away from distractions,

distractions,

distractions, distractions.

Step out

of your comfort zone.

Successful people think...

Who is it?

U h, we're going fishing,

if you wanna come.

I don't fish.

Ugh, gross!

d You've got me

in a headlock, darling

d And I don't know

how to breathe d

d You've turned me

upside down... d

- Come on, let's go.

- Let's go!

Come on, move!

You can't have the fish.

No, you can't.

Off!

You don't want them.

They're all slimy.

Come on.

- Die! Die!

- No way, it's ceasefire.

Terrorist forces don't

respect the ceasefire.

- You're dead.

- You don't want fish.

- It's disgusting.

- Wait for me.

Not there! Come on!

For f***'s sake,

do you understand

the implication here?

Have you got any idea

what you're imposing?

You are going to completely

lose any credibility.

No.

...the whole point is

to focus on the ceasefire.

What's the point in going

over it all again

when I'm getting on a plane

at 10:
00 in the morning?

We can talk about this

in-person before the briefing.

I'm not being emotional.

The reason my email

mentioned my kids

is 'cause we both know

what might be about to happen

and I've got to get on a plane

and leave them here,

so don't expect me to be f***ing

calm about it, all right?

- Edmond?

- No.

It's Daisy.

Elizabeth.

Oh, Pascale, Pascale,

I'll call you back.

Come in.

Hey.

Look at you.

I'm sorry I've been

so bloody useless.

It's this peace process.

It's a complete nightmare.

Hello? Ah, Anya.

I have spoken to Pascale,

and I'll call you back

in five minutes.

All right? All right.

Sorry about that.

Sit.

Yes.

Always prepare for the worst.

It's the best way

to ensure it never happens.

Is everything okay?

Everything's gonna be fine.

So...

how are you settling in?

Yeah, it's... it's fine.

I hope my children

are looking after you.

Let them wait.

Ah, now I've got you here,

I just wanted to ask...

I've got to fly to Geneva in

the morning for a couple of days

and I can't decide whether

or not to tell your father.

What do you think?

I don't want him

to worry unnecessarily.

Don't bother.

If my dad cared about me,

I wouldn't be here, so...

don't worry about it.

- What?

- Sorry. It's just...

Just the way you said

that just

really reminded me of Julia.

Mmm.

It's funny.

She used to love it here.

It was her favorite place.

My mom came here?

Of course.

Didn't your father

tell you that?

No.

No.

Well, actually,

the room you're staying in,

that's where

she used to sleep.

I've got to take this.

Sorry.

Yeah. Oh hi, Sam.

No no no, it's fine. It's fine.

I'm sitting in front of it.

If you tell me your thoughts,

I will give you

a rough estimate. Yeah.

Uh, Daisy? Daisy,

don't worry about anything.

My friend Sally's gonna come up

and look after everything

while I'm away, okay?

All right. Good night!

Yes.

Come back quickly.

Hey, um...

we're gonna go swimming

before Sally gets here

and makes us eat vegetables.

Do you wanna come?

I don't swim.

It's like

a really special place.

You'll love it.

It's your last chance

to have some fun

before the fascist regime.

U h-huh.

Maybe next time.

Okay.

Stop stop.

Stay away from distractions.

Take risks.

Step out

of your comfort zone.

Physical shortcomings.

Find the goal of your life.

Hey.

Hey.

What?

I can't change my mind?

Oh no. Not her!

N.B., just because

I'm attending

doesn't mean I'm participating.

There will be no swimming.

Yeah, we'll see.

- Hey, Jet, come on.

- Come on, Jet.

- Jet!

- Come on, baby.

Cool.

Come on, let's go.

Come on.

- Come on.

- Jet!

Can't catch me!

Hello. Good dog.

Come on, let's go. Hey.

Don't go near them.

Come on, let's go.

Are those cows or bulls?

Hey, guys?

They're cows... cows!

Cow-cheese cows!

It's fine. You go on.

- They won't hurt you.

- I know.

I'm... I'm fine.

I'm just gonna go home.

I didn't really wanna ...

go swmmng anyway, so.

Wait here.

No way.

How'd you do that?

- Oh ow! Ow sh*t!

- You okay?

Aw, f***ing dirty fence.

- You're bleeding.

- It's cool.

- It's not a big deal.

- Let me see.

It's really fine.

We'd better catch up.

- Piper!

- Look, I did it!

Look at this! Come on!

Oh, it's cold!

It's cold! It's cold!

Whoo!

Jet, oh, come here.

- Joe, come on in.

- Come on, Jet.

- Catch! Catch, Jet!

- It's freezing.

Seriously, man,

it's not that cold.

Hey! Oh, careful!

Do you have any idea

what kind of bacteria

lives in river water?

Not this water.

Come on, Daisy.

No one ever comes here

and doesn't go swimming.

Yeah well, there's a first time

for everything.

Whoa, saved your life.

- Daisy, come and look at this.

- What?

Just come and you'll see.

Quick.

You're gonna miss it.

Look, can you see it

right there?

- No.

- Look. Just right there.

Look. Right here.

- Right there. Look.

- All these rules...

you think you've got

to obey them.

What are you talking about?

All that noise inside your head.

Dumb baby.

Stop it.

It's in your head.

You f***!

He loves me.

He loves me not.

He loves me.

He loves me not.

This is how you make

the best marshmallows.

Place it in quite

a small place

and make sure

it's quite a hot place.

Don't put it in

for too long.

Try some of this.

- Mmm, do I have to?

- Yes.

It's really good.

Mmm.

These are actually

pretty good.

What's up with them?

It's probably Sally just

getting into the house.

- They can hear for miles.

- Sally's our au pair.

She's got

double-jointed thumbs.

What's happening?

I'd better get home.

It's snowing.

Get the stuff.

We're going.

Piper, come on.

We're going now.

Sally!

Sally!

Sally?

Sally!

I wanna see

what the TV says.

Piper.

- What's going on?

- Sally's not here.

And I tried phoning mom,

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Meg Rosoff

Meg Rosoff (born 16 October 1956) is an American writer based in London, United Kingdom. She is best known for the novel How I Live Now (Puffin, 2004), which won the Guardian Prize, Printz Award, and Branford Boase Award and made the Whitbread Awards shortlist. Her second novel, Just in Case (Penguin, 2006) won the annual Carnegie Medal from the British librarians recognising the year's best children's book published in the U.K. more…

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