
The Lost Daughter is a movie directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal in 2021 and based on the book of the same name by Elena Ferrante, first published in 2006. The movie features Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and others.
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Storyline
A woman, while on a summer holiday, finds herself becoming obsessed with another woman and her daughter, prompting memories of her own early motherhood to come back and unravel her.
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Movie vs Book

Year
2021
Minutes
121
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb

Year
2006
Pages
140
Book Rate
7.62
S: Goodreads
Book
The Lost Daughter
Original title: La figlia oscura
Author: Elena Ferrante
Country: Italy
First published in: 2006
Length: 140 pages
Genre: Fiction
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