First Things RSS Feed - Dawn LaValle https://www.firstthings.com/author/dawn-lavalle en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:56:24 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/dawn-lavalle 60 Terrence Malick and the Fecundity of Commitment https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2013/04/terrence-malick-and-the-fecundity-of-commitment https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2013/04/terrence-malick-and-the-fecundity-of-commitment Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:01:00 -0400 To the Wonder follows the relationship of a Frenchwoman named Marina (Olga Kurylenko) and an American named Neil (Ben Affleck), who fall in love in Paris and then return to Neil’s American home along with Marina’s young daughter. Their relationship stalls, and another woman, Jane (Rachel McAdams), enters Neil’s life. Alongside this is narrated the story of a faithful but melancholy priest (Javier Bardem), who interacts with Neil and Marina along with his other suffering parishioners.

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