Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut 'The Lost Daughter' is an adaptation of a novel by Elena Ferrante
LONDON, Dec 15 - Maggie Gyllenhaal brings Elena Ferrante's novel "The Lost Daughter" to the big screen for her directorial debut, a gripping drama about motherhood choices starring Oscar winner Olivia Colman.
Colman plays Leda, who while alone on holiday in Greece, befriends a young mother and daughter. The meeting brings back painful memories of her own decisions towards her children. Gyllenhaal and Colman spoke to Reuters about the story and communicating with the famously secretive Ferrante.Below are excerpts edited for length and clarity.Gyllenhaal: "When I read Ferrante for the first time, I guess I felt like she was saying things out loud that I knew to be true, but that I had never heard said out loud. And I found that both disturbing and comforting, and I thought, in fact more than that, it was kind of like ... a really exciting shock.
Q: You filmed in Greece early in the pandemic when travel was difficult and formed a bubble, what was that like? Colman: "We all fell in love with each other and we all got on really well and everyone had loved ones at home and so we were missing all of them and just had such a nice time ... as soon as Maggie said 'wrap', people would go in the sea. I feel a bit bad that it was so nice.