It’s a Wonder-ful time for Sebastián Lelio.
Netflix has released the official trailer for the 48-year-old Chilean director, screenwriter, editor and producer’s latest film The Wonder.
Starring Florence Pugh, the film is an adaptation of Emma Donoghue.
The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival and is gearing for a November 2 theatrical release. It hits Netflix on November 16.
Set in 1862 just after the Great Famine, Pugh plays English Nightingale Nurse Lib Wright, who is called to a devout community in the Irish Midlands to examine 11-year-old Anna (Kíla Lord Cassidy), who claims to have not eaten for four months, surviving on “manna from heaven.” Lib is determined to find out what’s really going on as Anna’s health deteriorates. Donoghue, Lelio and Alice Birch co-wrote the script.
Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Toby Jones, Ciarán Hinds, Dermot Crowley, Brían F. O’Byrne and David Wilmot also star.
Lelio’s credits include another film with a strong female lead, 2017’s A Fantastic Woman.