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The Wonder

2022 · 108 min

A slow, unsettling immersion into faith, trauma, and quiet resistance, with a haunting atmosphere and a powerful central performance.

Directed by
Sebastián Lelio
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Tom Burke
Overview
Haunted by her past, a nurse travels from England to a remote Irish village in 1862 to investigate a young girl's supposedly miraculous fast.

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Directed by
Sebastián Lelio
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Tom Burke
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • guilt
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, mystery
Directed by
Sebastián Lelio
Written by
Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue, Sebastián Lelio
Starring
Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Ruth Bradley, Toby Jones, Ciarán Hinds
Music
Matthew Herbert
Cinematography
Ari Wegner
Runtime
108 min
Country
Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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