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  1. Nov 25, 2022 · The story of The Wonder isn't based on real-life events but was inspired by the phenomenon of "the fasting girl," dating back to the 1500s, whereby girls would starve themselves as a form of penance.

  2. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. The Irish Midlands, 1862 -- a young girl stops eating but remains miraculously alive and well. English nurse Lib Wright is brought to a tiny village to observe eleven ...

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  3. The Wonder is the tale of a young Irish girl, Anna O'Donnell, whose Catholic f... Starring Florence Pugh and based on the book by Emma Donoghue, writer of Room.

  4. Inside the Florence Pugh movie. - Netflix Tudum. No. But also kind of yes…. A look at the phenomenon behind the new film about an Irish “fasting girl.”.

  5. Here’s everything you need to know about the gothic drama, which comes out this fall.

  6. Wonder is a 2017 American coming-of-age family drama film directed by Stephen Chbosky, who co-wrote the screenplay with Steven Conrad and Jack Thorne.It is based on the 2012 novel of the same name by R. J. Palacio and stars Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay, Mandy Patinkin, and Daveed Diggs.. The film, which follows a boy named August Pullman or Auggie as his family calls him, with ...

  7. www.imdb.com › title › tt2543472Wonder (2017) - IMDb

    Nov 17, 2017 · Wonder: Directed by Stephen Chbosky. With Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson, Izabela Vidovic, Julia Roberts. Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

  8. The Wonder is a 2016 novel by Irish-Canadian novelist Emma Donoghue . Set in post-famine Ireland, the novel follows English nurse Elizabeth Wright as she cares for a supposed miraculous girl, who has survived without sustenance for four months. The novel received positive reviews upon release and was nominated for the 2016 Giller Prize. [1]

  9. Parents need to know that The Wonder is a pensive period drama -- set in 1860s Ireland -- that is female-led, with a strong, complex lead at its core.There is also some drug use, sex scenes, occasional strong language, and references to child sex abuse. It explores the religion versus science debate, and while it does support the latter, especially where the health of a child is concerned, it ...

  10. Watch The Wonder | Netflix Official Site. Haunted by her past, a nurse travels from England to a remote Irish village in 1862 to investigate a young girl's supposedly miraculous fast. Watch trailers & learn more.