The Wonders (Alice Rohrwacher; Italy/Switzerland/Germany, 2014)

Alice Rohrwacher’s second feature deftly weaves humor, conflict, and the familiar pangs of early adolescence into this slice of rural Italian life. Just as the wife and four young daughters of a hard-driving beekeeper begin to chafe against their arduous, isolated life, a glitzy national TV show announces a contest for local farmers.

• 110 mins