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‘The Lost Daughter’ seems to be partially inspired by a true story. The film is based on the novel of the same name (originally ‘La figlia oscura’ in Italian) by Elena Ferrante (pseudonym). Ferrante is a notoriously anonymous and highly acclaimed author who was also named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2016.
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The Lost Daughter is a 2021 psychological drama film written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal (in her feature directorial debut), based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Elena Ferrante.
Jan 3, 2022 · Instead, the movie of “The Lost Daughter” falls in-between and does justice to neither period in Leda’s life, nor to the character over all.
Dec 28, 2021 · The Lost Daughter trailer. Based on an Elena Ferrante novel, The Lost Daughter is actor Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut. "I got tired of seeing, like, at best, 70% of what I...
- Amy Isackson
Dec 31, 2021 · Based on a novella by Elena Ferrante, best known for her brilliant and complex chronicle of female friendship in “The Neapolitan Novels,” “The Lost Daughter” looks at the messy humanity of ...
- mary.mcnamara@latimes.com
- Culture Columnist And Critic
Dec 31, 2021 · "The Lost Daughter," an adaptation of Elena Farrante's 2006 novel of the same name, is Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut, and what a debut it is. Harrowing, unpredictable, painful, confrontational, this is a movie for grown-ups.
Sep 3, 2021 · Gyllenhaal recognized herself in Ferrante’s words, or so she has said, presumably much as Leda sees herself mirrored in the character of Nina (played by Dakota Johnson), simultaneously the same...
