The Lost Daughter (15A) [F-Rated] [Academy Award Nominee]

122 mins - Greece/United Kingdom/Israel/United States 2021 - Dir: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Starring: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley and Dakota Johnson
 
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.
 
Academy Award Nominations for Best Actress, Supporting Actress, and Adapted Screenplay.
 
“An impressively atmospheric piece of work - filled with longing and dread, and heavy with the anticipation of buried secrets about to be revealed” Mark Kermode, The Observer