Netflix’s The Lost Daughter is Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut as she produced, wrote and directed the movie by herself. Gyllenhaal commented I’m thrilled to be working with Netflix again. they need supported such a lot of the work i’m most pleased with , and this is often no exception. Netflix has consistently championed filmmakers that excite and encourage me and I’m delighted to be included therein company.”
“We are honored to be a part of this special journey with Maggie, her extraordinary group of collaborators, and now our new partners at Netflix, to bring this powerfully complex story to audiences round the world.”
Alongside Gyllenhaal, producers are Talia Kleinhendler and Osnat Handelsman-Keren for Pie Films, Charles Dorfman for Samuel Marshall Films, and Endeavor Content. The Lost Daughter was financed by Endeavor Content and Samuel Marshall Films. Here’s everything else we all know about Netflix’s The Lost Daughter:
What’s the plot of The Lost Daughter?
The film will follow Leda (Colman), a chic college professor on a seaside summer vacation, who becomes consumed by Nina (Johnson) and her young daughter, as she watches them on the beach. Unnerved by their compelling relationship, and their raucous and menacing relatives , she becomes overwhelmed by her own memories of the fear , confusion and intensity of early motherhood. Forced to think about the unconventional choices she made as a young mother and therefore the consequences that they had for her family, she begins to unravel. Lost in ways she can’t explain, she finds herself caught within the strange and ominous world of her own mind Maggie Gyllenhaal further commented on developing the script for the movie:
“When I finished reading Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter, I felt that something secret and true had been said aloud . and that i was both disturbed and comforted by that. I immediately thought what proportion more intense the experience would be during a cinema , with people around. and that i set to figure on this adaptation.
I find that the script has attracted people curious about exploring these secret truths about motherhood, sexuality, femininity, desire. And I’m thrilled to continue my collaboration with such brave and exciting actors and filmmakers.”
Netflix’s The Lost Daughter features a star-studded cast with Olivia Colman (The Crown, The Favourite), Dakota Johnson (50 reminder Grey, Persuasion), Peter Sarsgaard (The Killing, Dopesick) and Paul Mescal (Normal People, The Deceived) leading the cast. Other cast members include Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Haunting anthology, Dracula), Ed Harris (Westworld, Apollo 13), Jessie Buckley (Chernobyl) and Dagmara Domińczyk (Succession).