‘The prodigy’: Florence Pugh’s peculiar costume drama already has a poster and a release date on Netflix

There is no stopping Florence Pugh. Since she has become one of the great promises of recent cinema thanks to her acclaimed interpretation of her in ‘Lady Macbeth’, the young British actress He quickly established himself as one of Hollywood’s most admired and sought after stars..

It is precisely to the costume drama with a subversive and different touch that returns with his next film, ‘El prodigio’ (‘The Wonder’), the new work of Sebastián Lelio, director of award-winning dramas such as’ Gloria ‘,’ Una donna fantastic ‘or’ Disobedience ‘. The film will be released on Netflix, which has announced its release date with the release of its first poster. “El prodigio” will arrive on the platform November 16.

The film is set in the Irish Midlands in the year 1862 and follows Lib Wright (Pugh), a young nurse who arrives in a small town to observe the strange phenomenon of an eleven-year-old girl who has stopped eating, but miraculously remains alive and well after months of fasting. Tourists and pilgrims flock to the site to witness the miracle, as Lib and the locals wonder if the girl is a saint “who survived by manna from heaven” or if there are more sinister reasons behind what is happening.

‘The miracle’ is the second film adaptation of a book by Emma Donoghue after ‘The Room’, the film for which Brie Larson won the Oscar for Best Actress. Donoghue participates in the film as a screenwriter together with Lelio and Alice Birch (which he repeats with Pugh after ‘Lady Macbeth’). Pugh is joined in the cast by Ciarán Hinds, Niamh Algar, Tom Burke, Toby Jones, David Wilmot, Brian F. O’Byrne, Dermot Crowley and the revelation Kíla Lord Cassidy as the girl, whose fictional mother is embodied by her real mother, Irish actress Elaine Cassidy.

A race that doesn’t hit the brake

Before being able to unravel the enigmas that await us in ‘The Prodigy’, Florence Pugh debuts in theaters ‘Don’t worry, my dear’, the second directorial film by Olivia Wilde, just screened at the Venice Cinema Festival (where it was surrounded by controversy and rumors) e will be released in Spanish cinemas on 23 September.

On the other hand, the Oscar-nominated actress for “Little Women” is currently filming “Dune: Part 2”, where she plays Princess Irulan Corrino, and is part of the cast of “Oppenheimer”, the new Christopher Nolan. Also, His return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe was recently announced with the Marvel anti-hero film “Thunderbolts”in which her character, Yelena Belova, will play the central role.