The Lost Daughter (2021)

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The Lost Daughter

Netflix

Release date: 09/03/2021

My IMDB Rating: 8/10

#whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 93%

Directed by

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Screenplay by

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Based on

The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante

Produced by

Charlie Dorfman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman-Keren, Talia Kleinhendler

Starring

Olivia Colman as Leda Caruso

Jessie Buckley as young Leda Caruso

Dakota Johnson as Nina

Peter Sarsgaard as Professor Hardy

Ed Harris as Lyle

Paul Mescal as Will

Dagmara Domińczyk as Callie

Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Toni

Jack Farthing as Joe

Ellie James as Bianca

Robyn Elwell as young Bianca

Isabelle Della-Porta as Martha

Ellie Blake as young Martha

Athena Martin as Elena

Alba Rohrwacher as Woman

Cinematography

Helene Louvart

Edited by

Affonso Gonçalves

Music by

Dickon Hinchliffe

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