Academy Award-winning actress Olivia Colman, known for her roles in The Favourite and The Crown, has joined the book to big screen adaptation of The Lost Daughter. The film is being directed and adapted by Maggie Gyllenhaal in her directorial debut. The novel was written by Elena Ferrante and tells the story of a woman confronting the trouble of her past.
Colman joins the previously cast Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose, Judy), Dakota Johnson (Bad Times at the El Royale, The Peanut Butter Falcon), and Peter Sarsgaard (Garden State, The Magnificent Seven).
Variety provides the following synopsis:
“The Lost Daughter” tells the story of a college professor (Colman) whose own psychological trauma begins to resurface after meeting a woman (Johnson) and her young daughter while on summer vacation.
Here’s what Gyllenhaal had to say about taking on the story:
“When I finished reading Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter, I felt that something secret and true had been said out loud. And I was both disturbed and comforted by that. I immediately thought how much more intense the experience would be in a movie theatre, with other people around. And I set to work on this adaptation. I find that the script has attracted other people interested in 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.”
The Lost Daughter is currently in pre-production. Does this story and/or cast have you intrigued about this film?