Wendy

Local title
Wendy
Title in Russian
Венди
Original title
Wendy
Director
Benh Zeitlin
Country
USA
Year
2020
Programme
Youth Competition, Youth Programme, Children's Rights Programme

Wendy and her brothers come from a warm working family. Raised amongst dinner plates and diner patrons, the children have an itch for the adventurous and slightly mischievous. After long nights watching trains rattle by their bedroom window, the kids are whisked away by a mysterious boy named Peter. A long journey taken on faith lands them on Peter’s island. There they discover a wild new world, one without grown-ups and suspended in time. Reveling in their youthfulness and sprawling freedom satisfies the kids at first, but nostalgia for their lives left behind seeps in. When threats to their eternal childhood develop, Wendy is tasked with saving herself, her brothers, and the other island children with the most powerful tool she has: love for her family.

Director
Benh Zeitlin
Screenwriter
Benh Zeitlin, Eliza Zeitlin
Cast
Devin France, Yashua Mack, Gage Naquin
Producer
Becky Glupczynski, Dan Janvey, Paul Mezey, Josh Penn
DoP
Sturla Brandth Grøvlen
Editor
Scott Cummings, Affonso Gonçalves
Music
Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin
Production
Fox Searchlight Pictures, Journeyman Pictures
Runtime
Language
English
Subtitles
Estonian, Russian

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