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Happy as Lazzaro
Why this pick
Alice Rohrwacher again finds mythic, tactile beauty in rural Italian labor, observing a close-knit community with the same patient, child-height wonder and gently unsettling realism.
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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Why this pick
Its unhurried attention to farming families, children, animals, rituals, and material hardship echoes The Wonders’ lived-in rural texture and compassionate ensemble observation.
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The Milk of Sorrow
Why this pick
A young woman’s inward resilience is rendered through precise domestic detail, folk-inflected imagery, and a delicate balance of hardship, oddity, and quiet grace.
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The Spirit of the Beehive
Why this pick
This luminous child’s-eye rural drama shares The Wonders’ fascination with bees, family silences, and the porous boundary between everyday life and private enchantment.
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Summer 1993
Why this pick
A child’s adjustment to a new countryside household unfolds through observant small moments, family friction, and natural light rather than explanatory drama.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Gelsomina and her three younger sisters live with their parents on a farm in the Italian countryside. As the eldest child, she takes on a heavier burden, taking care of her younger sisters and assisting her father with bee keeping. One day as the family is playing on the beach after a long day, they are told to quit making so much noise and discover that a short distance away a TV show is being filmed. They watch the show being filmed and, as, they are about to leave, the star of the show, Milly, calls them over and gives Gelsomina a hair clip to keep.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Alba Rohrwacher
Angelica
Margarethe Tiesel
Second Life Representative
Sam Louwyck
Wolfgang
Monica Bellucci
Milly Catena
André Hennicke
Adrian