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Sunday, January 2, 2022

"The Lost Daughter"

 2021 2h 1min  This one is getting quite a bit of Academy Award buzz, and it's well deserved. The film stars Olivia Coleman who plays Leda, an English professor who's on a working vacation on a Greek island. While there she encounters a young mother Nina (Dakota Johnson), who's vacationing with her obnoxious New Jersey family. The two strike up a friendship and as it turns out, their lives are very similar, especially when it come to affairs of the heart. The film jumps back in time and we see a young Leda (Jessica Buckley) raising her two daughters. There are several scenes where Leda  is out walking that have an ominous undertone. I thought for sure that something horrible was going to happen to her, but rest assured, noting bad does. The film is based on a best-selling novel by Elena Ferrante and is the directorial debut for Maggie Gyllenhaal, who I'll predict will win in the best director category. 

31/2 out of 5 stars

In theaters and streaming on Netflix




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