Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Florence Pugh, Sebastián Lelio, Emma Donoghue and Kila Lord Cassidy on the red carpet at the Irish premiere screening of The Wonder.

Mullingar star at Irish premiere screening of The Wonder

Published: Wed 26 Oct 2022, 9:26 PM

Last updated: Wed 26 Oct 2022, 10:51 PM

Niamh Algar was among the stars on the red carpet at the Irish premiere screening of The Wonder at the Light House Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin.

The screening was also attended by Oscar winning film maker Sebastián Lelio, Florence Pugh, Elaine Cassidy, Kila Lord Cassidy, Caolán Byrne, Dermot Crowley and Emma Donoghue. Lelio’s thrilling psychological Irish drama will be released in Irish Cinemas on 2 November and on Netflix globally from 16 November.

Adapted from the best selling novel by Emma Donoghue, and inspired by true stories of the 'Fasting Girls' phenomenon, The Wonder stars Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Kila Lord Cassidy, Elaine Cassidy, Niamh Algar, Toby Jones, Ciarán Hinds, Dermot Crowley, Brían F. O'Byrne and David Wilmot.

It was filmed in Ireland and the screenplay is co-written by Lelio and Donoghue with Alice Birch.

Niamh Algar and Florence Pugh on the red carpet at the Irish premiere screening of The Wonder at the Light House Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin. Photos: Andres Poveda Photo by Andres Poveda

The story is set in 1862,13 years after the Great Famine. An English Nightingale Nurse Lib Wright (Florence Pugh) is called to the Irish midlands by a devout community to conduct a 15-day examination on one of their own.

Anna O’Donnell (Kíla Lord Cassidy) is an 11-year-old girl who claims not to have eaten for four months, surviving miraculously on “manna from heaven”.

As Anna's health rapidly deteriorates, Lib is determined to unearth the truth, challenging the faith of a community that would prefer to stay believing.

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