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  "id": 659262,
  "title": "‘Wandering Trees’ Review: Iconoclastic Director Salvatore Mereu Tries a Newly Minted Fairyale, but Only Fitfully Finds Magic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/wandering-trees-review-iconoclastic-director-salvatore-mereu-tries-a",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T11:17:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/wandering-trees-review-1236832835/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In fairy tales, we never question why the beautiful princess is marrying a horrible prince: Part of the pact readers make with such stories is that we accept these situations at face value. In real life though, when presented with a woman joining herself to a nasty piece of work, we need to know why. […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}