The miracle (The Wonder) is a 2022 Irish-British-American thriller film directed by Sebastian Lilio from a screenplay by Sebastian Lilio, Alice Birch, and Emma Donahue (author of the book). The film is set to be released in the United States on November 2, 2022.
The film is set in Ireland in 1862, where a young girl named Anna O'Donnell (Kayla Lord Cassidy) stops eating, but miraculously remains alive and continues to feel well. English nurse Lib Wright (Florence Pugh) goes to the small village to meet Anna and learn about what is happening.
Tourists and pilgrims flock to witness the story of the girl, who says she has survived for months without food. The question on everyone's mind is whether there is a saint living in the village, surviving on spiritual food, or are there dark forces behind what is happening?
The film is a psychological thriller inspired by from the 19th century "fasting girls" phenomenon and based on the popular novel by Emma Donahue.
