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June 25, 2024 77 mins

Courtesy of Maggie, we are finally talking about a movie from this decade: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut, THE LOST DAUGHTER (2021), which is also an adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novel. We marvel at Olivia Colman’s face acting. We use the word “boundless” a lot. We remember the ways our girlhood-selves terrorized our mothers. We have a lot to say about mothering, art-making, and terrible men who are, nevertheless, alluring. Thankfully, this movie has a lot to say, too. 

 

Secondary texts referenced:

A Life of One’s Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again by Joanna Biggs

Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis

The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante

Transforming Girls: The Work of Nineteenth-Century Adolescence by Julie Pfeiffer

Flash Count Diary: Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life by Darcey Steinke

Letterboxd review by @ducournau

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