The Wonder - Irish Premiere Screening with Cast & Crew

IFTA, in association with Netflix, are delighted to present the Irish Premiere Screening of The Wonder, with cast and crew in attendance

Directed by Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman) and starring Florence Pugh (Don't Worry Darling), Niamh Algar (Raised by Wolves) and Ciarán Hinds (Kin) The Wonder is adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Emma Donoghue (Room).

Set in the Irish Midlands in 1862, the film is a psychological thriller inspired by the 19th century-phenomenon of the “fasting girls.”It follows 11-year-old Anna O’Donnell, who stops eating but remains miraculously alive and well, and an English nurse Lib Wright (Pugh), who is brought to her tiny village to observe. Tourists and pilgrims amass to witness the girl who is said to have survived without food for months.

The cast also includes Tom Burke (“Mank”), Elaine Cassidy (“Disco Pigs”), Kíla Lord Cassidy (“The Doorman”), Toby Jones (“First Cow”), Dermot Crowley (“The Death of Stalin”), and Brían F. O’Byrne (“Little Boy Blue”). The screenplay is by Donoghue, Lelio and Alice Birch (“Normal People”).