FantasyFamilyDrama

Wonderwell

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In an idyllic Italian village, a young American girl on the threshold of adolescence is swept into a timeless magical adventure in Wonderwell.

Release Date : 2023-06-23

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Strange Quark FilmsVertical Entertainment

Production Country : ItalyUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Violet

Original Name : Kiera Milward

Gender : Female

Character Name : Savannah

Original Name : Nell Tiger Free

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hazel

Original Name : Carrie Fisher

Gender : Female

Character Name : Yana

Original Name : Rita Ora

Gender : Female

Character Name : Daniele

Original Name : Sebastian Croft

Gender : Male

Character Name : Franco

Original Name : Vincent Spano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chloe

Original Name : Megan Dodds

Gender : Female

Character Name : Adam

Original Name : Lloyd Owen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Enrico

Original Name : Niccolò Besio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mama #1

Original Name : Gabrielle Chiararo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clipboard Woman

Original Name : Youma Diakite

Gender : Female

Character Name : Anna

Original Name : Giorgia Gargano

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mama #2

Original Name : Ami Chorlton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Worker #2

Original Name : Enzo Attanasio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Worker #3

Original Name : Giulio Corso

Gender : Male

Character Name : Singing Girl

Original Name : Romany Gilmour

Gender : Female

Character Name : Street Musician

Original Name : Marco Maiano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Street Musician

Original Name : Antonella Notangelo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anna's Mother

Original Name : Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Gender : Female

Character Name : Worker #1

Original Name : Vincenzo Della Corte

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Federico Ancillai

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Judith Boik

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fashion Show Guest (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Hélène Cardona

Gender : Female

Character Name : Creature Laugh (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Ayana Haviv

Gender : Female

Reviews

Zeen_Atoms

@Zeen_Atoms

2023-07-16

"Set between modern-day Italy and the fantastical realm just beyond, ‘Wonderwell’ is a coming-of-age fairy-tale that follows Violet (Kiera Milward), a naive and inquisitive 12-year-old girl, on a thrilling adventure with Hazel (Fisher) and Yana (Ora) that will transform her life forever. ‘Wonderwell’ was filmed in Rome and Italy during the winter months. It is produced by Fred Roos (The Beguiled, The Godfather: Part II), Alexander Roos (Music, War and Love), Vlad Marsavin, Orian Williams (Control), Lee Rudnicki (Snowchild) and Robert Bernacchi (Snowpiercer). Kenji Katori (Spectre, I Hate Love) served as the film’s cinematographer." Wonderwell follows in the tradition of Alice in Wonderland, In the Company of Wolves, Labyrinth, Pan's Labyrinth, and Mirror Mask. Yet it jumps right over any subtleties and barges right into behaving like an inebriated bull in a china shop when it comes to metaphors involving young girls, coming of age, puberty, and sexuality. Who was this film for? How did they get Carrie Fisher roped into this? Why is this the last film she ever did and why is that such a shame. The music composition is splendrous but one expects no less from Angelo Badalamenti who has composed music for two of David Lynch's films; Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks. The score was without a doubt the very best aspect of Wonderwell. The cinematography was also extraordinary. The cast seems to have done their best with what they had to work with. Maybe Wonderwell would have been better if it instead focused on an 18 year old coming of age in the adult world (as the story so clearly yearns for), maybe this film would be good if it didn't hyperfocus on the "flower" of puberty, guzzling the venom of purity culture and at the center of it all A Twelve-Year-Old "losing her flower". I ask again who was this movie for? Due to a few one liners Wonderwell seems to be an attempted feminist piece but it fumbles throughout. It follows the American Beauty format of displaying young girls scantily clad (in this film it targets the modeling industry) & then judges them harshly for it. An antiquated approach for a film in 2023. Wonderwell seems like a film that caters to middle-aged men who view young girls as sexual objects yet demand their innocence to be prevalent. If I had a time machine I would go back & skip over this film to better preserve Carrie Fisher's memory. How did they even get her to recite some of those lines? Was it blackmail? To say that I hated this film is an understatement, even to say that I loathed it doesn't feel like quite enough of a descriptor for how dismal of an experience this viewing provided. Maybe we as a society have moved on from the need of men telling coming of age stories about little girls.