WONDERSTRUCK (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Oakes Fegley (Pete’s Dragon), Millicent Simmonds (A Quiet Place), Julianne Moore (Still Alice), Michelle Williams (The Greatest Showman), Jaden Michael (Found in Time), Raul Torres (A Felon in New York), Tom Noonan (Manhunter), Cory Michael Smith (Carol), James Urbaniak (American Splendor), Amy Hargreaves (Blue Ruin), Damian Young (Birdman)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Todd Haynes (Carol), director; Brian Selznick (film debut), writer; Pamela Koffler (One Hour Photo), John Sloss (Boyhood) and Christine Vachon (Far From Heaven), producers; Carter Burwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), composer; Edward Lachman (The Virgin Suicides), cinematographer; Affonso Gonçalves (Paterson), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1927, young Rose (Simmonds) runs away from home and goes to New York where she tries to find silent movie actress Lillian Mayhew (Moore), who may be her mother. Meanwhile, in 1977, recently orphaned Ben (Fegley) sets out on his own journey to find his father…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Todd Haynes collaborates with writer Brian Selznick, the author of the book that inspired Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, to tell this magical and epic tale of two young children finding their way in the world.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 6TH APRIL 2018

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