Wonderstruck
Directed by Todd Haynes (CAROL), and adapted from a young-adult novel by HUGO author Brian Selznick, WONDERSTRUCK is an all-ages enchantment: a deeply personal, and lovingly intricate tribute to the power of obsession.
In 1977, following the death of his single mother, Ben loses his hearing in a freak accident and makes his way from Minnesota to New York, hoping to learn about the father he has never met. A half-century earlier, another deaf 12-year-old, Rose, flees her restrictive Hoboken home, captivated by the bustle and romance of the nearby big city. Each of these parallel adventures, unfolding largely without dialogue, is an exuberant love letter to a bygone era of New York. The mystery of how they ultimately converge, provides the film’s emotional core. (source: New York Film Festival)