The Wonders
aka Le meraviglie First screened in December 2015
Director: Alice Rohrwacher. Cast: Maria Alexandra Lungu, Sam Louwyck, Alba Rohrwacher, Agnese Graziani, Sabine Timoteo, Luis Huilca, Monica Bellucci, Eva Lea Pace Morrow, Maris Stella Morrow, André Hennicke, Carlo Tarmati, Margarete Tiesel. Screenplay: Alice Rohrwacher. Twitter Capsule:
Manages rusticity and mystery at the same time. Filtered credibly through young girl's POV but sees in all directions.
VOR:④
After so much lavish spectacle in recent Italian film, this is a welcome return to Taviani-ish rural naturalism, with plausibly contemporary notes. Rohrwacher steps further up.
