Directed by Sebastian Lelio (A Fantastic Woman;
Disobedience), The Wonder is adapted from Emma Donoghue's
bestselling novel. Florence Pugh plays Lib, an English nurse who
travels to rural Ireland in 1862 to examine Anna, a young girl who claims
not to have eaten any food for four months. This brings Lib into conflict
with the religiously devout locals, who believe Anna is channelling a
miracle.
Kila Lord Cassidy, Niamh Algar and Elaine Cassidy also
star.
The Wonder is in select UK/ROI cinemas from November 2nd and
on Netflix from November 16th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
1862, 13 years after the Great Famine. An English Nightingale Nurse Lib Wright (Florence Pugh) is called to the Irish Midlands by a devout community to conduct a 15-day examination over one of their own. Anna O’Donnell (Kíla Lord Cassidy) is an 11-year-old girl who claims not to have eaten for four months, surviving miraculously on “manna from heaven”. As Anna's health rapidly deteriorates, Lib is determined to unearth the truth, challenging the faith of a community that would prefer to stay believing.
