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The Wonders

Original title: Le meraviglie
  • 20142014
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  • 1h 50m
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6.6/10
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Le meraviglie (2014)
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A family of beekeepers living in the Tuscan countryside finds their household disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy and a reality TV show intent on showcas... Read allA family of beekeepers living in the Tuscan countryside finds their household disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family.A family of beekeepers living in the Tuscan countryside finds their household disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family.

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  • Director
    • Alice Rohrwacher
  • Writer
    • Alice Rohrwacher
  • Stars
    • Alba Rohrwacher
    • Maria Alexandra Lungu
    • Sam Louwyck
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  • Director
    • Alice Rohrwacher
  • Writer
    • Alice Rohrwacher
  • Stars
    • Alba Rohrwacher
    • Maria Alexandra Lungu
    • Sam Louwyck
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    • 13User reviews
    • 147Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 13 wins & 18 nominations

    Videos2

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    Maria Alexandra Lungu in Le meraviglie (2014)
    Sam Louwyck and Alba Rohrwacher in Le meraviglie (2014)
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    Alice Rohrwacher in Le meraviglie (2014)
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    Alba Rohrwacher and Maria Alexandra Lungu in Le meraviglie (2014)
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    Alba Rohrwacher
    Alba Rohrwacher
    • Angelicaas Angelica
    Maria Alexandra Lungu
    Maria Alexandra Lungu
    • Gelsominaas Gelsomina
    Sam Louwyck
    Sam Louwyck
    • Wolfgangas Wolfgang
    Sabine Timoteo
    • Cocòas Cocò
    Agnese Graziani
    • Marinellaas Marinella
    Luis Huilca
    • Martinas Martin
    • (as Luis Huilca Logroño)
    Eva Lea Pace Morrow
    • Caterinaas Caterina
    Maris Stella Morrow
    • Lunaas Luna
    Monica Bellucci
    Monica Bellucci
    • Milly Catenaas Milly Catena
    Carlo Tarmati
    • Carlo Portarenaas Carlo Portarena
    Margarete Tiesel
    Margarete Tiesel
    • Second Life Representativeas Second Life Representative
    André Hennicke
    André Hennicke
    • Adrianas Adrian
    Alessandro Genovesi
    • The Judgeas The Judge
    David Cadena II
    • Igoras Igor
    Lisa Piciollo
    • Gioiaas Gioia
    Stefania Lorenzi
    • The Doctoras The Doctor
    Maria Pampana
    • Grandmotheras Grandmother
    Francesca Menicocci
    • Portarena's Motheras Portarena's Mother
    • Director
      • Alice Rohrwacher
    • Writer
      • Alice Rohrwacher
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    Storyline

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    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 cash prize and a luxury cruise for the Most Traditional Family. "Village Wonders" is presented by the good fairy, Milly Catena. Gelsomina wants to participate in the contest, but Wolfgang won't even consider it. Something else is tormenting him: the new European laws regarding farm produce. If they don't get their honey lab in order, with washable walls and well-defined working spaces, they will have to cease production. They have to work very hard to expand the bee colonies, and get the lab up to standard. In his desperate search for cheap labor, Wolfgang agrees to take on a delinquent German boy, Martin, who comes from a youth rehabilitation exchange program. The tension mounts: between a silent evasive boy onto whom Wolfgang projects his desire for a son, and, counteracting this, the outward reaching force of Gelsomina that will stop at nothing just in order to see the good fairy TV show hostess again. Nothing will be the same at the end of this summer for Gelsomina and her family. An extraordinary summer, when the strict rules that hold the family together, begin to break... —tempesta
    • father daughter relationship
    • tv contest
    • beekeeper
    • italy
    • fictional game show
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      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
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    • Trivia
      Because the scenes with the bees were so delicate and required the presence of trained people when it came to handle them, all the scenes depicting the apiarist work were shot in one day with a special documentary crew.
    • Quotes

      Adrian: And you, Gelsomina? Milan?

      Gelsomina: OK.

      Adrian: Yes? Really? Look out, this daughter's gonna run away.

    • Connections
      Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      T'appartengo
      Written by Assolo, Franco Migliacci, Stefano Acqua and Ernesto Migliazza

      Performed by Ambra Angiolini

      Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Italy S.p.A

    User reviews13

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Italian cinema at its best
    Chanelling both Olmi and Fellini, Alice Rohrwacher's "The Wonders" represents Italian cinema at its best. Like Olmi's "Tree of Wooden Clogs" or more recently, Frammartino's "Le Quattro Volte" it's another classic picture of rural life with a touch of late Fellini thrown in, (in the form of the slightly surreal television competition that gives the film its name).

    It's about a family of bee-keepers, struggling to make a living in Etruscany. The German father is something of a wastrel, the mother has mostly given up and it's left to the oldest daughter to hold things together. The writer and director Alice Rohrwacher, it was only her second feature film, neither romanticises or sentimentalises their situation and the film works both as a rural idyll and another wonderful addition to the cinema of childhood, (the adults seem to be figures in the background). Intelligent and very moving.
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    • MOscarbradley
    • Mar 14, 2018

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 30, 2015 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • Switzerland
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • Archivio del Cinema Italiano (ANICA)
      • Filmitalia page
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • French
      • German
      • English
    • Also known as
      • When You Were Born
    • Filming locations
      • Sovana, Sorano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Tempesta
      • Amka Films Productions
      • Rai Cinema
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €2,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $73,378
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,801,824
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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