![]() ![]() They’re lies that we choose, at our own discretion, to believe. The Wonder, in other words, knows that all stories are lies - scripted films most of all. ![]() ![]() It knows that we know the truth of what we’re seeing in the same way that we know that Michael Corleone is not a real person, but a character played by Al Pacino. We know that the cabin we’re seeing is nothing more than a set and that the woman at the center of it is not an English nurse named Lib Wright, but Florence Pugh, one of the most recognizable stars in the world. And so we invite you to believe in this one.” By the time Lelio’s camera has finished its patient opening movement, we are no longer on a soundstage, but on a Victorian-era ship bound for Ireland. “The people you are about to meet, the characters, believe in their stories with complete devotion. The beginning of a film called The Wonder,” an unseen woman tells us. The new film from Disobedience and A Fantastic Woman director Sebastián Lelio opens on a modern-day soundstage. In its outstanding first scene, The Wonder tells us exactly what it is. Several thinly sketched supporting characters ![]()
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