Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Kíla Lord Cassidy, and Elaine Cassidy Director: Sebastián Lelio Platform: Distributed by Netflix Plot Summary

Reviewers from Rotten Tomatoes and Roger Ebert have praised Florence Pugh's intense performance and the film's moody, atmospheric cinematography.

Both the protagonist, Lib, and the young Anna are haunted by traumatic events in their pasts.

The film explores the tension between rational medical observation and the power of religious belief.

The story follows 11-year-old Anna O'Donnell, a "fasting girl" who claims to have survived without food for four months, living only on "manna from heaven". Lib Wright is hired by a local committee of religious and political leaders to observe Anna for two weeks and determine if she is truly a saint or if a fraud is being committed. As the observation progresses, Lib becomes increasingly concerned for Anna's health and begins to uncover a darker truth hidden behind the family's religious devotion. Key Themes & Reception

(released internationally as The Wonder ) is a 2022 psychological period drama directed by Sebastián Lelio, based on the novel by Emma Donoghue . The film is set in the Irish Midlands in 1862 and stars Florence Pugh as an English nurse, Lib Wright, who is sent to a remote village to investigate a supposed medical miracle. Movie Overview Runtime: 109 minutes (1h 48m) Genres: Drama, Mystery, Psychological Thriller