How I Live Now Page #5

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%
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Year:
2013
101 min
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- I said keep moving.

Daisy?

Eddie?

Help.

Help me!

No, stop it!

You like that, do you, huh?

You like it?

Come here,

you dirty little slut.

Get off... get off me!

No no!

- Come on, give us a kiss.

- Get off!

Get off me!

No!

Get down there.

Help me.

Get off. Get off!

Get off!

Get up. Quick, get up.

We need to move now.

- What's going on?

- Shh.

Daisy.

I'm tired.

My feet hurt.

I need water!

We've been walking

for hours.

I'm tired.

- Daisy.

- Will you shut up?!

I am so sick of your stupid,

whiny voice all the time.

Do you want me to just

leave you here?

Because that's what

I'm gonna do.

If you don't

shut the f*** up,

I am gonna run,

and you're gonna be

left here on your own

in the dark and you're

gonna die out here.

Do you wanna see

your brothers again?

Well, come on.

Piper.

Piper!

What are you doing?

It might be poison.

- I forgot!

- Well, you can't forget, okay?

If you don't know the source,

you can't trust the water.

And you shouldn't have

eaten all that chocolate.

That was stupid.

Mommy says I'm a monster

for chocolates.

I just can't help myself.

Maybe that's why she went away.

What?

'Cause I was greedy.

What are you talking about?

'Cause she didn't want

to be around me anymore!

Hey.

Sometimes people say things

they don't mean.

Your mom loves you

more than anything.

And she's so proud of you.

- I know that for a fact.

- How?

Well, I'm older than you and...

it's just something I know.

And listen, about last night,

I'm sorry I said that stuff.

I didn't mean it, okay?

Come on.

d Not because they're dirty

d Not because they're clean d

d Not because I kissed

a boy behind a magazine

d Boys, boys,

having all the fun

d She can even do the splits

d But I bet you 10 bucks

d She can't do this. d

- Daisy?

- Hmm?

What was your mommy like?

I never really met her.

How come?

She died

while I was being born.

Do you miss her?

Yeah,

sometimes.

If she'd never had me,

she'd probably still be alive.

Hey, come on.

We've got walking to do.

I hate walking.

When I get home,

I'm never going to walk again.

Look. Look!

That's the boys' place.

Gatesfield.

That's where they've

taken Eddie and Isaac.

I told you,

they've gone home already.

But you're not sure.

Just 'cause you had a dream,

who says the dream's real?

Okay,

come on.

Yes. Come on.

As soon as I see

Eddie and Isaac,

I'm gonna give them a big hug.

Ah.

Where is everyone?

What was that?

Stay here, okay?

Are you here?

You'd better not be here.

...sympathy of others.

Itching, rashes,

water tablets.

Certain degree of willpower

and self-discipline.

- What was in there?

- Come on.

We need to get away from here.

Where are my brothers?

I don't know.

Come on.

Eddie.

Are you okay?

Can you just give me a sign

or something?

Eddie?

Ahh.

Don't worry.

It's not far now.

We should be home tomorrow.

Really?

I've saved a piece of chocolate.

Do you want it now?

Quick.

Go! Quick.

Come on, Piper! Come on!

Come on.

Quick.

Come on!

Come on.

Hurry up.

Come on.

In here.

Quick.

Oh, you're a big rabbit,

aren't you?

- Get off of me!

- - Hey.

- No! Get off!

- I'm not going to hurt you.

- Hey.

- Let her go!

I said

let her go now!

What the f***

are you laughing at?

Don't move any closer.

We're only winding

you up, love, eh?

Come on, little lady.

It's just a bit of fun.

Don't you dare!

Take it easy now.

Take it easy. Take it easy.

Calm down. Take it easy.

You don't have to do any...

Find a goal in life.

They stay in. Stop.

What is your problem?

What is your problem?

Hurry the f*** up.

Stay away from distractions.

Take risks. Step out of your...

She almost got...

Accept life is unfair.

Focus on your goal.

- Oh God!

- That's for touching my cousin

with your dirty,

disgusting fingers!

The map.

Map.

The compass.

The map.

The map. Oh sh*t.

I don't know where we are.

This seems like a nice place.

Why don't we just stay here?

Okay.

It doesn't matter

if we just...

stay here.

It's Eddie's hawk. Look.

Come on.

Come on.

It's taking us home.

I told you, didn't I?

Eddie's home.

Maybe they're at the barn.

Eddie?

Jet!

Jet. Daisy, it's Jet.

Oh, Jet!

Oh, I love you, Jet.

Look at me, Jet.

You're bleeding.

What happened? Look at me.

And I will never let you go.

What's up with him?

He's in the woods.

Daisy!

Daisy, be careful!

Eddie?

Can you hear me?

Eddie.

I need you.

Please.

I love you.

Please.

Eddie?

It's me.

Eddie?

Eddie, it's okay.

It's me.

You're home.

You're home.

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.

During the war we all learned

to stop looking for reasons

why things happen.

We don't know

what happened to Eddie,

what he saw...

The things he had to do.

H is burns and scars

are starting to heal,

but he hasn't spoken.

...announcing earlier today

that a runway at heathrow

is due to reopen.

The airport will be

working at 10% capacity.

Officials have also revealed

that since the ceasefire

was announced,

electricity services

have returned to normal

in parts of the south.

The new government estimates

that within three months,

80% of the country should have

returned to pre-war levels.

Rail services are currently

operating at 15%.

Isaac's gone, isn't he?

Will Eddie be okay?

Yeah, he'll be okay.

He just needs time.

Now I use my willpower

to wait for you, Eddie,

to care for you

and love you.

I have to believe that one day

you're going to get better.

Did you finish your drink?

"Yes, thank you, Daisy.

It was lovely."

Oh!

Ow. Does it hurt?

'Cause like I said to you

all that time ago,

if the world doesn't end,

I wanna be here

at home,

with you.

Nd that's how I live now.

d We lived

in a garden's heart

d And opened it up

for the sky d

d The world spun itself away

d But I was coming alive

by your side

d And now the sky

is snowing out

d And we are talking

from so far away

d I hear a whisper

in the trees d

d Where I am you

d And you are me d

d You need to find

a way back here

d Remember what I said d

d The space that is

in between d

d You have to fight it

d You need to find

a way back here

d Remember what I said d

d The space that

is in between d

d You have to fight it

d You have to fight it

d Where I am you

and you are me d

d You have to fight it

d Where I am you

and you are me d

d Where I am you

and you are me d

d You have to fight it

d You have to fight it.

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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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