For her directorial debut, Maggie Gyllenhaal adapts Elena Ferrante's novel The Lost Daughter.
The film stars Olivia Colman as a holidaying woman who becomes
obsessed with a young mother (Dakota Johnson), bringing up memories
of her own troubled motherhood.
Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard, Dagmara
Dominczyk
and Paul Mescal also star.
The Lost Daughter is in UK/ROI cinemas and on Netflix from
December 31st.
Check out the first trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
Alone on a seaside vacation, Leda (Olivia Colman) 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.
