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The Lost Daughter

Maggie Gyllenhaal, USA, Greece 2021, 121’
Polish premiere
The French Dispatch

Maggie Gyllenhaal (unforgettable Lee in Secretary) makes her directorial debut and immediately wins Best Script in Venice. In an unsettling story based on the novel by Elena Ferrante, author of My Brilliant Friend, Gyllenhaal shows a woman who fails to find fulfillment in motherhood. Leda (Olivia Colman), named after Yeats's poem, comes on vacation. Instead of resting, however, she prefers to watch a young mother (Dakota Johnson), her daughter and her bizarre, aggressive family living in a pink villa and terrorizing the entire town. Leda understands what the object of his fascination is going through - many years ago she had to fight for survival in her own home, where her daughters demanded her full attention while her husband was focused on his own career. Children are an overwhelming responsibility, she tells the woman expecting a baby and comforting words, while Gyllenhaal only turns up the tension. 

Marta Bałaga

awards

Venice IFF 2021– Best Script

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal is a popular American actress, and now also a director. Her full-length debut, The Lost Daughter, showed at the Venice Film Festival and won the Best Screenplay Award. Nominated for an Oscar for her role in Crazy Heart, Gyllenhaal gained popularity thanks to Secretary, a romantic comedy with S&M elements. She starred in high-budget productions like The Dark Knight and The Deuce series, in which her character also tries her hand at directing. 

Filmography

2017 Homemade (TV series) (1 episode)

2021 Córka / The Lost Daughter

Cast & Crew

director Maggie Gyllenhaal
screenplay Maggie Gyllenhaal, Elena Ferrante (novel)
cinematography Hélène Louvart
editing Affonso Gonçalves
music Dickon Hinchliffe
cast Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal
producer Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman-Keren, Talia Kleinhendler
production Endeavor Content, Faliro House Productions, Pie Films, Samuel Marshall Productions
Polish distributor Monolith Films
language English
coloration colour
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