Dakota Johnson | The Lost Daughter

• Directed by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
• Screenplay by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
• Based on: The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante
• Produced by: Charles Dorfman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman-Keren, Talia Kleinhendler
• Starring: Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Dagmara Domińczyk, Jack Farthing, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Peter Sarsgaard, Ed Harris
• Cinematography: Hélène Louvart, 
• Edited by: Affonso Gonçalves, 
• Music by: Dickon Hinchliffe
• Production companies: Endeavor Content, Pie Films, Samuel Marshall Productions, In the Current, Faliro House Productions
• Distributed by: Netflix, Spentzos Films 
• Release datesDecember 17, 2021
• Running time: 121 minutes

Leda is a middle-aged divorcee devoted to her work as an English teacher and to her two children. When her daughters leave home to be with their father in Canada, Leda anticipates a period of loneliness and longing. Instead, slightly embarrassed by the sensation, she feels liberated, as if her life has become lighter, easier. She decides to take a holiday by the sea, in a small coastal town in Greece. But after a few days of calm and quiet, things take a menacing turn. Leda encounters a family whose brash presence proves unsettling, at times even threatening. When a small, seemingly meaningless event occurs, Leda is overwhelmed by memories of the difficult, unconventional choices she made as a mother and their consequences for herself and her family. The seemingly serene tale of a woman's pleasant rediscovery of herself soon becomes the story of a ferocious confrontation with an unsettled past.

AWARDS

• Venice International Film Festival
• Gotham Independent Film Awards x5
• New York Film Critics Circle
• New York Film Critics Online
• Boston Society of Film Critics Awards x2
• Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards
• San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
• Toronto Film Critics Association x3
• Online Film Critics Society Awards x2
• London Film Critics Circle Awards
• USC Scripter Awards
• Independent Spirit Awards x3
• Directors Guild of America Awards
• IFTA Film & Drama Awards