In 1927, young, deaf girl Rose runs away from her father's New Jersey home to find her mother/idol, the actress Lillian Mayhew.

In 1977, recently orphaned Ben, made deaf by a freak accident, runs away from his Minnesota home in search of his father.

[5] In November 2015, Julianne Moore had been cast in the film, with Pamela Koffler and John Sloss joining as producers.

Murnau and King Vidor,[5] watched numerous silent films and observed that there was a wide range of styles that disappeared when sound technology made cameras too bulky to move easily.

In Wonderstruck, the black-and-white scenes have a near-continuous musical soundtrack and use some design features that Haynes said were "not naturalistic or literal".

It had its world premiere on May 18, 2017, at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival,[1][20] where it competed for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section.

The website's critical consensus reads, "Wonderstruck's efforts to juggle timelines and tonal shifts aren't always smooth, but the end result still adds up to an emotional journey whose visual thrills live up to its title.

"[26] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 71 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".