The Wonders (film)

The Wonders (Italian: Le meraviglie)[2][3] is a 2014 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Alice Rohrwacher.

It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Grand Prix.

One evening, as the family is playing on the beach, they are told to be quieter and discover that a TV show is being filmed nearby.

Watching the program on TV, Gelsomina learns that it is launching a competition called Countryside Wonders, in which seven farmers will compete to have their products featured.

Director Alice Rohrwacher based the movie on her memories of her childhood working for her parents, who were beekeepers.

The website's critical consensus reads, "The Wonders offers a charming coming-of-age tale that doubles as a quietly effective tribute to a vanishing way of life.