Netflix has unveiled an intriguing and captivating first trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut The Lost Daughter starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Mescal, Dagmara Domiczyk, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Jack Farthing and many more . The upcoming drama is based on Elena Ferrante's novel of the same name and sees Colman play a middle-aged woman vacationing alone while having flashbacks to her days as a young wife and mother. Her younger self is played by Buckley. Gyllenhaal wrote, directed and produced the R-rated adaptation.
In the trailer, Colman, whose character is on a "working holiday," meets Dakota Johnson's Nina, a young mother with a daughter and tells her that she herself has two daughters of her own. However, she also tells the young mother that "children are a crushing responsibility" , sending red flags about her personality.
"Don't let it break. Peel it like a snake."
Olivia Colman
Jessie Buckley
Dakota Johnson
Paul Mescal
Peter Sarsgaard
and Ed Harrisstar in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s feature directorial debut, THE LOST DAUGHTER. In select theaters December 17 and on Netflix December 31 pic.twitter.com/EzXe9WSeox
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Along with Gyllenhaal The Lost Daughter is produced by Charles Dorfman, Osnat Handelsman-Keren and Talia Kleinhendler. Dimitris Birbilis is line producer, and David Gilbery and Marlon Vogelgesang executive produce.
The film will open in theaters on December 17 and begins streaming on Netflix on December 31.
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