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First Netflix U.K. Film ‘The Wonder,’ Starring Florence Pugh, Directed by Sebastián Lelio, Commences Ireland Shoot

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Naman Ramachandran Director Sebastián Lelio has commenced production of Netflix film “The Wonder,” starring Florence Pugh, in Ireland.An adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Emma Donoghue, author of the Oscar winning “Room,” the film is set in the Irish Midlands circa 1862.

A psychological thriller inspired by the 19th century phenomenon of the “fasting girls,” it follows eleven-year old Anna O’Donnell who stops eating but remains miraculously alive and well and English nurse Lib Wright (Pugh) is brought to her tiny village to observe.

Tourists and pilgrims mass to witness the girl who is said to have survived without food for months. The screenplay is by Donoghue, Lelio and Alice Birch (“Normal People”).

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