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The Wonders (2014) |
Nothing will be the same at the end of this summer for Gelsomina and her three younger sisters.
Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Writer: Alice Rohrwacher
Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Maria Alexandra Lungu, Sam
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Storyline
Gelsomina's family functions according to very particular rules. First
of all, Gelsomina, at twelve years of age, practically runs the family.
Her three younger sisters obey her and work under her watchful eye. But
the outside world mustn't know anything about their lifestyle, and they
should be kept away from it, well-protected in their isolated
countryside home. Gelsomina's father, Wolfgang, is a foreigner and
Gelsomina is the future queen of this strange and improbable kingdom he
has constructed for them. A male heir would have been better, of course,
but Gelsomina is strong and determined and what's more, she has a
special talent for beekeeping and making honey. It's Gelsomina that
retrieves the swarms from the trees, who organizes the honey extraction,
and she is the one that carries the hives. Whilst all around them the
countryside is being burnt up by pesticides, rural life is falling apart
and becoming something different, a TV show competition arrives from
the city offering a... Written by
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User Reviews
sweet as honey
I didn't expect a
similar plot. But the plot itself it not the important part of this
movie. The Cannes Festival have create some interest about this little
incredible surprise, and it worth entirely the attention. It is all
about life. Filmed in a very strange and unusual location, a farm in a
poor area (Tuscany, but could be everywhere). About a very strange and
unusual family (the center of it is a young teenager, Gelsomina by a
unbelievable in her great acting Maria Alexandra Lungu), and a very
strange business (honey and bees). But all these unusual choices results
in a so strong, so sweet, so touching, little masterpiece. We feel
fully involved, interested, part of this world that is, in fact, the
world: love, young expectation, economic difficulties, pollution, family
affairs, all is inside, but with no drama because the look used in this
opera is a colored one, full of the hope of young people.
