The Wonders (2014)
Le meraviglie (original title)Reference View | Change View
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- 1h 50min
- Drama
- 30 Oct 2015 (USA)
- Movie
- 12 wins & 18 nominations.
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Cast
Maria Alexandra Lungu | ... |
Gelsomina
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Sam Louwyck | ... |
Wolfgang
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Alba Rohrwacher | ... |
Angelica
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Sabine Timoteo | ... |
Cocò
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Agnese Graziani | ... |
Marinella
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Luis Huilca | ... |
Martin
(as Luis Huilca Logroño)
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Eva Lea Pace Morrow | ... |
Caterina
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Maris Stella Morrow | ... |
Luna
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Monica Bellucci | ... |
Milly Catena
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Carlo Tarmati | ... |
Carlo Portarena
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Margarete Tiesel | ... |
Second Life Representative
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André Hennicke | ... |
Adrian
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Alessandro Genovesi | ... |
The Judge
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David Cadena II | ... |
Igor
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Lisa Piciollo | ... |
Gioia
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Stefania Lorenzi | ... |
The Doctor
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Maria Pampana | ... |
Grandmother
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Francesca Menicocci | ... |
Portarena's Mother
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Maria Antonietta Pagliari | ... |
Portarena's Sister
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Domenico Renzetti | ... |
The Priest
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Directed by
Alice Rohrwacher |
Written by
Alice Rohrwacher | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
Karl Baumgartner | ... | producer (as Karl 'Baumi' Baumgartner) |
Carlo Cresto-Dina | ... | producer |
Gabriella de Gara | ... | co-producer |
Paolo Del Brocco | ... | producer |
Giorgio Gasparini | ... | line producer |
Tiziana Soudani | ... | producer |
Michael Weber | ... | producer |
Music by
Piero Crucitti |
Cinematography by
Hélène Louvart |
Editing by
Marco Spoletini |
Editorial Department
Steffen Paul | ... | digital intermediate colorist |
Giuliana Sarli | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Chiara Polizzi |
Production Design by
Emita Frigato |
Costume Design by
Loredana Buscemi |
Makeup Department
Letizia Carnevale | ... | personal makeup artist: Ms. Bellucci |
Miria Germano | ... | key makeup artist |
Cassandra Lenni | ... | makeup assistant |
Daniela Tartari | ... | key hair stylist |
Production Management
Carla Altieri | ... | unit production manager |
Simon Manzollino | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jacopo Bonvicini | ... | first assistant director |
Giulio Cangiano | ... | assistant director |
Pietro Ragazzini | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Daniele Crimella | ... | assistant art director |
Roberto Giacomelli | ... | property master |
Rachele Meliadò | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
Paolo Amici | ... | sound effects editor |
Marta Billingsley | ... | sound editor |
Italo Cameracanna | ... | foley artist |
Julien D'Esposito | ... | boom operator |
Christophe Giovannoni | ... | sound engineer |
Xavier Lavorel | ... | boom operator |
Daniele Quadroli | ... | sound editor |
David Quadroli | ... | sound effects editor |
Fabrizio Quadroli | ... | sound effects editor |
Paolo Segat | ... | re-recording mixer |
Special Effects by
Massimiliano Bianchi | ... | special effects technician |
Pasquale Catalano | ... | special effects technician |
Massimo Ciaraglia | ... | special effects coordinator |
Andrea Luciani | ... | special effects technician |
Fabio Traversari | ... | special effects supervisor |
Visual Effects by
Rodolfo Migliari | ... | visual effects supervisor: Chromatica |
Chiara Milita | ... | digital compositor: Chromatica |
Stefano Valente | ... | digital compositor: Chromatica |
Camera and Electrical Department
Giulio Aspettati | ... | grip |
Maurizio Baisi | ... | electrician |
Lucas Berisso | ... | grip |
Giordano De Blasis | ... | gaffer |
Frédéric Delaloye | ... | camera loader / second assistant camera |
Fabrizio Dörig | ... | first assistant camera |
Benjamin Maier | ... | electrician |
Marco Mastrofrancesco | ... | key grip |
Sven Meyer | ... | gaffer |
Simona Pampallona | ... | still photographer |
Simone Scarozza | ... | focus puller: second unit dailies |
Panagiotis Vasilakis | ... | second unit camera operator |
Casting Department
Suse Marquardt | ... | consulting casting: Germany |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stefania Colombo | ... | costume assistant |
Giuseppina Dora | ... | seamstress |
Marzia Nardone | ... | costume assistant |
Script and Continuity Department
Lucille Cristaldi | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Massimiliano Benedettini | ... | driver |
Alessio Fiorani | ... | driver generator operator |
Nicola Lattaruolo | ... | driver |
Pietro Marrocco | ... | driver |
Marco Proietto | ... | driver |
Additional Crew
Antonio Basso | ... | production assistant (as Tonino Basso) |
Francesca Romana Chieco | ... | production coordinator |
Charly Destombes | ... | press attache |
Eve Gabereau | ... | distribution |
Andrew Duncan Hinojosa | ... | Distribution Intern |
Norbert Klingner | ... | legal services |
Alessio Lazzareschi | ... | production legal services |
Tatiana Lepore | ... | acting coach |
Richard Lormand | ... | publicity: International |
Andrea Melchiorre | ... | production accountant |
Pamela Pifferi | ... | production assistant |
Serena Peirasso | ... | payroll accountant (uncredited) |
Thanks
Karl Baumgartner | ... | dedicatee (as Baumi) |
Production Companies
- Tempesta
- Amka Films Productions
- Rai Cinema
- Pola Pandora Filmproduktions (co-production)
- RSI-Radiotelevisione Svizzera (co-production)
- SRG - SSR (co-production)
- Das kleine Fernsehspiel (ZDF) (co-production)
- ARTE (in collaboration with)
- Dipartimento Federale dell'Interno (DFI) (support)
- Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (support)
- Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna (support)
- Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (support)
- Regione Toscana (support)
- Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT) (support)
Distributors
- BIM Distribuzione (2014) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Filmarti (2014) (Turkey)
- Filmcoopi (2014) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Delphi Filmverleih Produktion (2014) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Spentzos Films (2014) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Seven Films (2014) (Greece)
- Madman Entertainment (2014) (Australia) (subtitled)
- Ad Vitam Distribution (2015) (France) (theatrical)
- Ark Entertainment (2015) (Japan) (theatrical) (in association with)
- Cinemien (2015) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Filmladen (2014) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Hark (2015) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Karma Films (2015) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Maco (2016) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Maison Motion (2015) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
- Oscilloscope (2015) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Pilot Kino (2018) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Pilot Kino (2022) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Zeta Films (2016) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Encripta (2018) (Brazil) (video) (VOD)
- Films We Like (2014) (Canada)
- Midas Filmes (2015) (Portugal)
- NTR (2016) (Netherlands) (tv) (NPO2)
- Oscilloscope (2015) (United States)
- Soda Pictures (2014) (United Kingdom)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- Topic (2019) (United States) (video)
- Vesta (2019) (Russia) (video)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
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... Written by tempesta |
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Budget | EUR2,500,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
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. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018). See more » |
Soundtracks | T'appartengo See more » |
Quotes |
Adrian:
And you, Gelsomina? Milan? Gelsomina: OK. Adrian: Yes? Really? Look out, this daughter's gonna run away. See more » |