THE WONDER Q&A | TIFF 2022

The team behind THE WONDER in conversation with TIFF in advance of its premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Based on the novel by Emma Donoghue and directed by Sebastián Lelio, The Wonder stars Florence Pugh as a nurse in 19th-century Ireland hired to investigate the case of a child who has not eaten for four months. The 47th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 8 to 18, 2022. For more, visit . Chilean director Sebastián Lelio has made a significant contribution to cinema through his stories of female characters — the sort of women who rarely find their lives reflected on screen — notably Gloria, Gloria Bell, Disobedience, and the Oscar-winning A Fantastic Woman. His latest work, The Wonder, introduces us to yet another formidable woman and frames the film by asking the viewer to consider the power of stories — those that society pushes upon us and those that we create about ourselves. Lib Wright (Florence Pugh), a veteran of Florence N