Amy Liptrot's memoir-turned-movie, The Outrun, is heavily fictionalized despite her co-writing the screenplay. The film stars Saoirse Ronan as Rona, a young woman seeking sobriety in her hometown in the Orkney Islands. The movie reflects the tumult of Rona's mind and the importance of nature in her healing process, with stunning locations filmed in the original places described in the book.

Amy Liptrot’s memoir-turned-movie The Outrun shares the same name as its source material, but its onscreen adaptation is heavily fictionalized despite Liptrot co-writing the screenplay. Amy becomes Rona, played by the ethereal Saoirse Ronan, is a nature-filled epic directed by German filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt (best known for System Crasher and The Unforgivable). The movie takes place in the Orkney Islands, a location that's as mesmerizing as it is wild — and one that's essential to properly telling the story at hand.

Alongside Ronan, The Outrun stars Slow Horses'...