★★★★
“In her excellent directing debut, Maggie Gyllenhaal conjures Elena Ferrante’s 2008 source novel into humid, sensual cinema… Olivia Colman gives a powerhouse turn.”
Guardian
THE LOST DAUGHTER (2021)
Written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal based on the book by Elena Ferrante
Alone on a seaside vacation, Leda becomes consumed with a young mother and daughter as she watches them on the beach. Unnerved by their compelling relationship, (and their raucous and menacing extended family), Leda is overwhelmed by her own memories of the terror, confusion and intensity of early motherhood. An impulsive act shocks Leda into the strange and ominous world of her own mind, where she is forced to face the unconventional choices she made as a young mother and their consequences. Maggie Gyllenhaal makes her directorial debut from a script she adapted from the novel by Elena Ferrante.
THE LOST DAUGHTER stars Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Mescal and Dagmara Dominczyk.
Hear from the filmmaker:
We will be making a special recorded captioned introduction from writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal available to cinemas to play ahead of their regular screenings, visit individual booking pages for showtimes:
🍊🐍 Chapter Arts, Cardiff 🍊🐍
🍊🐍 Storyhouse, Chester 🍊🐍
🍊🐍 Riverside Studios, Hammersmith 🍊🐍
🍊🐍 HOME, Manchester 🍊🐍
🍊🐍 Chichester New Park 🍊🐍
🍊🐍 Northampton Filmhouse 🍊🐍
🍊🐍 Warwick Arts Centre 🍊🐍
The film is in cinemas on 17 December and on Netflix on 31 December
Closed caption and audio description formats will be available both in cinemas and on Netflix.
