Sebastián Lelio's films have often dealt with the experiences of women on the edge or at a major crossroads in their lives. His characters are challenged by present difficulties and past traumas that appear directly in front of them all at once, and Lelio uses every tool possible to fill his movies with their subjective view of events. In his 2022 film "The Wonder," based on Emma Donoghue's book of the same name, that subjectivity becomes a core question: How can one know the experience of another?
Elizabeth (Florence Pugh), or Lib, has a rational view of things. Because of that, her arrival in a provincial Irish village for the purpose of taking care of (and observing) a seemingly mystical phenomenon is practically designed to push her out of her comfort zone. The character served as a nurse in the Crimean War, surrounded by death on all sides, and
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Elizabeth (Florence Pugh), or Lib, has a rational view of things. Because of that, her arrival in a provincial Irish village for the purpose of taking care of (and observing) a seemingly mystical phenomenon is practically designed to push her out of her comfort zone. The character served as a nurse in the Crimean War, surrounded by death on all sides, and
