Synopsis
Being a mother is a crushing responsibility.
A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal
A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
La figlia oscura, ลูกสาวที่สาบสูญ, Poupée volée, Frau im Dunkeln, Karanlık Kız, La hija oscura, A Filha Perdida, Qaranlıq Qız, La filla obscura, Изгубената дъщеря, 로스트 도터, 暗处的女儿, Незнакомая дочь, הבת האפלה, Mračna kći, 失去的女兒, Temná dcera, Córka, Az elveszett lány, Втрачена донька, La Hija Oscura, Η Χαμένη Κόρη, Изгубљена ћерка, ロスト・ドーター, დაკარგული ქალიშვილი, 失蹤的女兒, دختر گمشده, La filla perduda, Izgubljena hči, Người Con Gái Thất Lạc, Fiica ascunsă
this kind of tore me up and ate me alive. raw and unflinching character studies on unlikable (or: realistic) women are always such a rare and welcome sub-genre but it’s like shooting in the dark to also portray motherhood specifically in such an unapologetically ugly light. good grief
Bad people are complicated. There is something dark at the centre of The Lost Daughter, a film which viciously tears apart the idealism we often have about motherhood. It is a film of mothers, but not one of love. Instead we see a rot, mothers who find children a burden. The Lost Daughter is an uncomfortable movie, with a constant unease and sense of dread. We wait to be given answers, for characters to be uncovered and exposed, and yet they aren't. This is a film which asks us to look inside ourselves and see if we can understand why the characters do what they do. Different people will feel differently about the film. Some will relate to it more…
Was distracted most of the time because I couldn’t stop thinking about Dakota Johnson’s eyeliner
if i found out my mum told paul mescal i had no boobs i would never speak to her again
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Greatest movie moment of the past year is when Olivia Colman tells the kids talking during a movie that she’s going to cut their dicks off
only the third best film that's set on a greek island and is about motherhood (the first and second are mamma mia and mamma mia: here we go again)
my favourite part about this was how she made so many enemies on vacation... i need to try this