MVFF44: 'The Lost Daughter' - Conversation with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dakota Johnson & Paul Mescal

The 44th Mill Valley Film Festival (October 7-17, 2021) presents an on stage conversation with 'The Lost Daughter' Director Maggie Gyllenhaal, Actors Dakota Johnson and Paul Mescal, moderated by MVFF Director of Programming Zoë Elton.
For her indelible feature directing debut, Maggie Gyllenhaal (MVFF Mind the Gap Award, 2018) adapts Elena Ferrante’s 2006 novel, in which a vacationing professor’s concern for a young mother triggers an uneasy reckoning with her own volatile introduction to parenthood. Oscar®-winner Olivia Colman commands in the prickly lead role, effortlessly navigating a tempestuous sea of subtext. Psychological undertones imbue a rich register of suspense that transcends genre. Gyllenhaal’s provocative, emotionally intelligent sensibility is as finely developed in writing and directing as it has been in her acting, and what’s so bold about The Lost Daughter is its refreshingly frank assessment of the tension between fulfillment in erotic adult life and responsibility for the nurturance of children. It’s also to Gyllenhaal’s great credit that Colman’s shrewdly cast co-stars, including Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris, Dagmara Dominczyk, Paul Mescal, and Peter Sarsgaard, seem like kindred spirits. This is an exemplary ensemble. -Jonathan Kiefer (US/UK/Greece/Israel 2021, 121 min Director Maggie Gyllenhaal)
The California Film Institute invites you to experience the best in US and world cinema at the 44th Mill Valley Film Festival (October 7-17, 2021). Join us for a carefully curated program of the year’s most highly anticipated films, in-theater and online.
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[@trenaesumter2902]

I can hardly WAIT to see this film. I hope Dakota eventually directs like Maggie Gyllenhaal.

[@rozenart5768]

I thought this film (I watched it 4 or 5 days ago) was so Reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock film. Loved it and it kept me enthralled...

[@nesleerosecalara7916]

dakota❤️❤️❤️

[@ivy.lee.ivana.]

This is one of the rare films that is better than the book.

[@tess303]

Thank you for being so beautiful and open you beautiful, beautiful person

[@sounakray428]

31st December sorted

[@fistewart]

I want to know what the look between Dakota and Paul meant when Olivia's name was mentioned.

[@mathew-4568]

Did they fall in love with each other Dakota and Paul ?

[@tamyacoulter2344]

@@mathew-4568 dakota have a bf already but I don’t know about Paul, so no they didn’t

[@GabiFOliv]

What point of the video?

[@mathew-4568]

Did Dakota say she made out with Paul lol 😆

[@laurenkate9295]

Whilst filming, lol!

[@MsLittlet97]

What minute did she say that ? Lol