Review of The Lost Daughter (2021) by Nickthecritick — 08 Nov 2022
A university professor confronts her troubling past after meeting a woman and her young daughter during a vacation in Italy. His obsession with the woman and her daughter reminds her of her first motherhood.
A strange but captivating film at the same time, seeing it is like being wrapped in an intense and all-encompassing memory of motherhood. A memory that speaks of mistakes, inconstancy, fear and unpreparedness in being a mother. Good directorial debut by Maggie Gyllenhaal who works a lot on close-ups and short shots, dirty camera movements (clearly inspired by Von Trier) and a sometimes slow, sometimes frenetic editing. A good (but not exceptional) movie.
This review of The Lost Daughter (2021) was written by Nickthecritick on 08 Nov 2022.
The Lost Daughter has generally received positive reviews.
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