The Lost Daughter

(2021)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 1,154 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2021

Runtime: 121 мин

Country: Greece, Israel

Director: Мэгги Джилленхол

Cast: Оливия Колман, Джесси Бакли, Дакота Джонсон, Эд Харрис, Пол Мескал, Питер Сарсгаард, Дагмара Доминчик, Jack Farthing, Альба Рорвахер, Оливер Джексон-Коэн

Plot

A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.

Leda is a middle-aged divorcee devoted to her work as an English teacher and to her two children. When her daughters leave home to be with their father in Canada, Leda anticipates a period of loneliness and longing. Instead, slightly embarrassed by the sensation, she feels liberated, as if her life has become lighter, easier. She decides to take a holiday by the sea, in a small coastal town in Greece. But after a few days of calm and quiet, things take a menacing turn. Leda encounters a family whose brash presence proves unsettling, at times even threatening. When a small, seemingly meaningless event occurs, Leda is overwhelmed by memories of the difficult, unconventional choices she made as a mother and their consequences for herself and her family. The seemingly serene tale of a woman's pleasant rediscovery of herself soon becomes the story of a ferocious confrontation with an unsettled past.