The Lost Daughter – Watch the trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut

THE LOST DAUGHTER: OLIVIA COLMAN as LEDA. CR: YANNIS DRAKOULIDIS/NETFLIX © 2021.

Netflix has released the official trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut The Lost Daughter which was awarded Best Screenplay at this year’s Venice International Film Festival.

You can read our review here.

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.

Directed & Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal, the film is based on the novel by Elena Ferrante. The cast includes Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard, Dagmara Dominczyk & Paul Mescal.

In select cinemas and on Netflix December 31.