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The Lost Daughter

Drama

Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal

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

60 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 18, 2026 · last updated Oct 27, 2026 · How this works

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The Lost Daughter is a 2021 drama film, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley and Dakota Johnson.

  • 55 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews
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  • FRANK'S FILM REVIEW @franksfilmreview.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 4, 2026

    The Lost Daughter franksfilmreview.com/2026/03/04/t... Watching The Lost Daughter is an intimate and, at times, uncomfortable experience. The film doesn’t sugarcoat the rough edges of motherhood or skirt around the big, unsettling feelings that can accompany it. Here's the review...

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  • Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 17, 2026

    i really loved THE LOST DAUGHTER, one of my fav movies of the weird post-pandemic mostly-streaming movie era, and am honestly psyched maggie gyllenhaal is following up an surprising and emotionally intense family drama with what appears to be a deranged 1920s chicago gangster frankenstein movie

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  • Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, they) @xuetingni.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2025

    Some poignant films out lately in China dealing with changing family relationships, such as Zhang Xuyu's Fish Bone. I want to highlight 岁岁平安 The Lost Daughter, which looks at the important issue of preference for boys and the single child policy. #film

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  • Lisa Fornal @januaryblonde.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    Just read, The Lost Daughter. Immediately watched the movie. I thought the movie adaptation was very close to the book. I’m typically disappointed with movie adaptations, but I thought the movie caught the nuance of the book. 💙📚 #blueskybooks

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  • Frank Gaimari @frankgaimari.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 4, 2026

    The Lost Daughter franksfilmreview.com/2026/03/04/t... Watching The Lost Daughter is an intimate and, at times, uncomfortable experience. The film doesn’t sugarcoat the rough edges of motherhood or skirt around the big, unsettling feelings that can accompany it. Here's the review...

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  • Lee.wav @waverlee.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 12, 2025

    I'm fucked in the head (convinced that Maggie Gyllenhaal is a major source of inspiration for Taylor Swift). Note that Maggie Gyllenhaal also wore maroon on The Late Show. This interview is from December 16, 2021, and is about Gyllenhaal directing her first full length film, The Lost Daughter

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  • PillowD @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 29, 2026

    Now, Euronews Culture can officially end all speculation by revealing that the identity of the new James Bond is... Irish actress and singer Jessie Buckley. You read correctly: James Bond will be played by a woman for the first time, in the wake of Lashana Lynch briefly taking over the 007 mantle in Daniel Craig’s Bond swansong, 2021’s No Time To Die. Buckley rose to fame following her role as Rose-Lynn Harlan in Tom Harper’s Wild Rose (2018). The 36-year-old followed that critically…

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  • Corey Atad @coreyatad.comBluesky · Jan 15, 2026

    haha, i’m all in on this what a swing from Gyllenhaal after The Lost Daughter, which would be my vote for most underrated movie of the decade

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  • Corey Atad @coreyatad.comBluesky · Mar 20, 2025

    unfortunately it's stuck being a nonexistent movie on Netflix, but Gyllenhaal's Ferrante adaptation The Lost Daughter is one of my favourite films of the decade so far, a subtly tremendous piece of work

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  • Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 4, 2026

    Hamnet star Jessie Buckley reunites with The Lost Daughter director Maggie Gyllenhaal on The Bride!, a wild and ulruly reinvigoration of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by way of the James Whale sequel bit.ly/4lfwXqC

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  • Elizabeth Drummond @eadhistory.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2026

    I can't join tonight, but I have seen this film – and it's one that stays with you. The cinematography is beautiful. Jessie Buckley is phenomenal (as she always is – Women Talking, Chernobyl, The Lost Daughter, and and and...wish I could have seen her in Cabaret).

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  • Keyah 🦬 @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 12, 2026

    I liked Birds of Prey, I had fun. I haven't seen Eternals or Ms. Marvel because I'm not a Marvel movie person, but they all have really solid films outside of their overly hated work. I havent seen Gyenhaal's previous directing work but I hear good things about The Lost Daughter!

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  • Alex @alexplatt.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2025

    @gordonbwhite.bsky.social & @jeratthemovies.bsky.social if you liked the Neapolitan novels I’d recommend her standalone novellas as well. They are just as deep and psychologically nuanced and you could probably read them all in a day. The movie of The Lost Daughter is also great. 😍

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  • ⛈️(bobby bag) @firstnamebob.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2025

    #NowWatching (Just finished) #Moviesky #Psychtember Psychological Thriller Watch The Lost Daughter (2021) Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal Directorial debut and a fantastic, slow paced psychological drama (not so much thriller) the 3 leads are excellent in what they do. 8.5/10

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  • Lisa Gurrola @lgur73.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 1, 2026

    Second film on Netflix, The Lost Daughter. Maggie Gyllenhaal directed. Her first film. I've seen The Bride, I actually didn't hate it. #filmsky #letterboxd #LastFourWatched boxd.it/kgww

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  • Kyle Meredith @kylemeredith.lpm.orgBluesky · Mar 27, 2026

    Felicia Day is back, rewriting Greek mythology with a character no one’s touched in 2,500 years and it all started with insomnia. We talk about her new graphic novel, The Lost Daughter of Sparta, breaking the “hero’s journey,” AND bringing The Guild back as a movie. consequence.net/2026/03/feli...

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  • Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2026

    sir what does this have to do with the very good 2021 film THE LOST DAUGHTER (d. Maggie Gyllenhaal)

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  • Milwaukee Film @mkefilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 26, 2026

    Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second film as writer-director, following her 2021 Oscar-nominated psychological thriller The Lost Daughter, The Bride! arrives at the Oriental Theatre MKE 3/5: mkefilm.org/thebride #maggiegyllenhaal #jessiebuckley

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  • Carrie @onekdramamomma.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 18, 2026

    Ohhh, this post reminded me that I still need to watch The Lost Daughter. I read the book awhile back and I've been meaning to check out the movie. Putting it on the agenda.

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  • Vince Underwood @vince.vinceunderwood.comBluesky · Nov 23, 2025

    #332 - The Lost Daughter (2021) ★★★★ Review: letterboxd.com/vinceunderwo...

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  • Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2025

    I truly do not understand her appeal as an actress. As a pop culture personality? Maybe. But she’s never given a performance where I was like, “wow, I love the choices she’s making.” Closest was in The Lost Daughter but I feel like I’m the only person who even saw that movie.

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  • Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 24, 2025

    Laura and I finished HBO’s “The Lost Daughter” last night. I teach “literature and film” and believe me, great filmic reproductions of great works of literature are incredibly rare. Both are among the best I’ve ever encountered. I thought the new HBO regime would ruin HBO but, no... not at all

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  • Nabil Hamzaki @nhamzaki.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2024

    "When I first spoke to Maggie Gyllenhaal, the director of the beautiful film The Lost Daughter, she told me of her idea for the music to sound like a found record - an old piece of vinyl that would magically become the score for the film." - Dickon Hinchliffe

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  • monstro ELISASUE 💜 @rodsborges.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    Not to give earnest movie recommendations but she brings some actual acting chops to the table in The Lost Daughter (as one should if they are in a movie opposite Olivia mf Colman)

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  • dohpaz42 @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 18, 2026

    I just watched a movie that kinda sorta fits this, but it’s suspenseful and a little horror-ish. It’s called The Lost Daughter if you’re interested. Honestly, they say it’s horror, but once you figure out what’s going on, it’s more like The Others. But it’s still really good.

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  • Raquel @nativetherapist.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 25, 2026

    A little late on my film Friday, but I often need Friday to watch my 4 films for the week. My top pick for this week is On Swift Horses. Companion felt redundant. The Lost Daughter was missing something. House was a campy, Japanese version of Suspiria. #filmfriday #last4watched #letterboxd

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  • Phil Edwards @philedwards.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2026

    1. Jessie Buckley She gives a great performance, but it's a great *big* performance, closer to her work on THE BRIDE! than THE LOST DAUGHTER or WILD ROSE. It seemed to me that the film wanted her to go over the top; that she was much more at home than Paul Mescal, who struggles in histrionic roles.

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  • talentedripley.bsky.social @talentedripley.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 4, 2026

    As someone who adores The Lost Daughter this is what I feared from the trailer. www.thetimes.com/culture/film...

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  • patravey.bsky.social @patravey.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2026

    The reviews pain me, because The Lost Daughter was such a fine movie. So I know she can make more fine movies.

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  • tall (but not tallest) Chris @tallchris.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 5, 2026

    It's cool that MG decided to go for broke w/ her 2nd feature instead of just making a Marvel movie...but The Bride does not look like what I'd expect as her follow up to The Lost Daughter (which I liked quite a bit)

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  • Exhausted🍁Introvert 🫘 @naturallyaspirated.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 17, 2026

    Watch her in the movie The Lost Daughter. She’s brilliant.

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  • sodio @sodio.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 20, 2026

    Watched 2024 movie The Lost Daughter which is not that good but interesting. Would be a great miniseries with surprising revelations every episode instead of this slow & wooden film. Turns out it's based on a play by J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan. Similar same theme of someone frozen in youth

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  • jamsheed @jamsheed.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 24, 2025

    AZOR was my favorite film from 2021. if you like that kind of thing, it is brilliant. would also highly recommend The Lost Daughter and The Souvenir Part II, which I liked more than the first one.

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  • Whit(-ney) 🐯 @dumpsterbobcat.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    Some of my favorite book to film adaptations of the last several years — Women Talking The Lost Daughter American Fiction Society of the Snow #BookSky #FilmSky

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  • Chiles @chiles101.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 22, 2024

    366 Days of Film: Day 357 - The Lost Daughter. Before Wicked Little Letters, stars Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley played the same person as the past encroaches on the present in this excellent drama also starring Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris and a young Paul Mescal in his first major motion picture.

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  • 🔥darkraxes @darkeyer.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2024

    My ★★★★ review of The Lost Daughter AND PAUL MESCAL on Letterboxd boxd.it/7qIBTb

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  • Jack Skel-Les-ington @lesismore9o9.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 20, 2024

    Haven't seen an Olivia Coleman film this year, and this challenge gives a welcome excuse to correct that error. This week's pick is The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut and adaptation of Elena Ferrente's novel.

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  • Amazing Race out of context @taroutofcontext.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2026

    I forgot what this was about for a second, and i saw thus comment and was like, "were we discussing the film 'The Lost Daughter'?"

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  • Jill Sorenson @jillsorenson.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 9, 2026

    This weekend's movie was The Lost Daughter. A very different view of motherhood, strange and unsettling.

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  • Milan Paurich @milanpaurich.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 27, 2026

    I've liked Buckley in a few things: "Wild Rose," "The Lost Daughter," the first half of "Hamlet;" her Oscar acceptance speech. But whenever she weaponizes her honking "American Regional" accent from "Fargo," the Charlie Kaufman movie, etc., I think my ears are going to start bleeding.

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  • AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 23, 2026

    The Smile movies - giant middle fingers to people suffering of mental health issues Good Fortune - giant, cynical, middle finger to poor people The Lost Daughter - an extremely dull arthouse drama The Hangover - nowhere near as funny of a comedy movie at its reputation would suggest

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  • AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 15, 2026

    The only noteworthy thing I know about The Bride is the it is from the same director who did The Lost Daughter, an ungodly dull Netflix arthouse movie only carried by Olivia Colman's powerhouse performance.

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  • Jess @jess207.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2026

    I think The Bride! Box officee was always going to be soft; the kind of people who loved The Lost Daughter are grown adults with responsiblities. Personally I'm waiting for streaming so that I have more control over how I view the level of violence I've heard this film has.

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  • Working Class Porn @josephsonsghost.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2026

    Maggie Gyllenhaal did a really good job directing THE LOST DAUGHTER, and I was looking forward to her next project, but the trailer makes this film look cringe as hell.

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Mar 6, 2026

    Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieFeatures #TheLostDaughter #Hamnet 5 Years Ago, 'Hamnet's Jessie Buckley Gave a Brilliantly Dark Performance as a Different Kind of Mother http://dlvr.it/TRLLfy

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  • AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 6, 2026

    I know that The Bride was directed by the person who previously directed The Lost Daughter, which was a Netflix arthouse movie that was extremely dull to watch, only carried by Olivia Colman's powerhouse performance.

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  • Brian Dear @brianstorms.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 4, 2026

    I liked THE LOST DAUGHTER too, a lot. The choice of this as Gyllenhaal's second directorial effort has me puzzled; it just seems like a garbage movie (with an 80--EIGHTY--million-dollar budget no less!) that Warner Bros maybe dreamed would be turn out to have A24-edginess maybe . . . ??? 🤷‍♂️

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  • Purps @colourpurplegal.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 18, 2026

    Interestingly I watched another movie with them both in it last night and the brilliant Olivia Colman. The Lost Daughter, very good. Buckley was amazing in that too.

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Nov 28, 2025

    Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Netflix #TheLostDaughter 4 Best Thriller Movies to Watch on Netflix Right Now http://dlvr.it/TPWmSG

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Sep 8, 2025

    Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Netflix #Shrek #TheLostDaughter 3 Best Movies to Watch on Netflix This Week http://dlvr.it/TMyJBY

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  • Adria @teletesoro.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2025

    Finished a great Ferrante book. The Lost Daughter. Hope the Netflix movie doesn’t disappoint

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  • Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2025

    While the topic is floating around: The best example of the female gaze I've ever seen in a film is from The Lost Daughter (2021), written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. The main character, Leda, goes to an academic conference and attends a talk by a fellow scholar in her field. ...

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · May 8, 2025

    The (movie) The Lost Daughter (4K) (HD/HDX) is available today on (Vudu) (US) for $9.99 Cast: Paloma Kwiatkowski, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Camille Sullivan, Adam Beach, Matthew MacCaull Genre: (Thriller)

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  • Teaser Trailer @teasertrailerMastodon · Apr 2, 2025

    The Lost Daughter - movie trailer: https://teaser-trailer.com/movie/the-lost-daughter/ starring Paloma Kwiatkowski, David Mazouz, Camille Sullivan, and Donal Logue #TheLostDaughter #TheLostDaughterMovie

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  • Teaser Trailer @teasertrailer.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 2, 2025

    The Lost Daughter - movie trailer: teaser-trailer.com/movie/the-lo... starring Paloma Kwiatkowski, David Mazouz, Camille Sullivan, and Donal Logue #TheLostDaughter #TheLostDaughterMovie

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  • Brendon Boo-zard 🎃 @brendonbouzard.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2024

    A movie I think about a lot is THE LOST DAUGHTER. Kind of a miraculous high wire act.

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  • Robert. Queer and broken. @queerbrokenfate.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2024

    My ⭐⭐½ review of The Lost Daughter on Letterboxd "This is not a great film. I wanted to like it a lot more than I did. I partially blame the title, and its misdirection. It sets up a huge expectation early, yet the path forward meanders this way and that and it never comes together."

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  • Moviz Ark @[email protected]Mastodon · Aug 16, 2024

    'Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter' Trailer Previews a Mother's Relentless Quest to Find Her Missing Daughter!! Check It Out!! #Netflix, #IntotheFire, #TheLostDaughter https://movizark.com/2024/08/16/into-the-fire-the-lost-daughter-trailer-previews-a-mothers-relentless-quest-to-find-her-missing-daughter-check-it-out/

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  • Alex @aguado.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 26, 2024

    i #filminthegaps between Bright Star and The Lost Daughter in 6️⃣ steps 💆🏽. see my solution at filminthega.ps/solution/j0m... or try it yourself at filminthega.ps

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  • Giovanni @bastagTMDB reviews · Jan 25, 2022

    Full Analysis at Explanation at Spotamovie.com - Intro Released in 2021, The Lost Daugther is an intense psychological drama. A book by Elena Ferrante, with the same title, inspires the film. Mental health is a hot topic. The Lost Daughter goes deeper into this topic, leaving us disturbed, with many questions without a logical explanation. Therefore, don’t expect answers. Instead, the film offers us the possibility of witnessing some of the reasons that could push a mother to the desperate…

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