Based on Brian Selznick’s critically acclaimed novel, Wonderstruck tells the story of Ben and Rose (Oakes Fegley and Millicent Simmonds), children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known, while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his home and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out on quests to find what they are missing that unfold with mesmerizing symmetry.
Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven and HBO’s “Mildred Pierce”) directs Wonderstruck.
