5/27/2023 0 Comments The wonder book by emma donoghue![]() ![]() Florence Pugh’s character, Lib, a nurse and nun, is brought in to investigate Anna’s unusual case. As a living saint, Anna becomes a source of celebrity and spectacle. The Wonder, directed by Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Lelio ( A Fantastic Woman Disobedience) and starring Florence Pugh, focuses on Anna (newcomer Kila Lord Cassidy), a young girl in 19th-century Ireland who hasn’t eaten in four months, convinced that God has relieved her of the need. Both offer self-made extremity in the form of religious zeal, viewed through a historical lens. This premise unites Donoghue’s two current projects, the film adaptation of her 2016 novel The Wonder (screening at TIFF next week) and her just-released novel, Haven. “But sometimes you create your own extreme situation.” ![]() “Like in Room, she’s been kidnapped and locked up,” says Donoghue, referring to her 2010 Booker Prize-shortlisted novel, which she also wrote the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for, and adapted for the stage. The hyper-pressurized scenarios are reserved for her fictional characters some self-imposed, others enacted upon more vulnerable characters. But her characters? The more intensely acute the stakes, the more interested she is. Not for herself – ”I’m very well-balanced” – she admits. Log In Create Free AccountĮmma Donoghue prefers extreme situations. ![]()
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