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The Lost Daughter directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, 2021.

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Patricia Markert

with Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley. The subject is mothers and daughters. Leda (Olivia Colman), troubled by her relationship with her adult daughters, runs into a large boisterous family while on holiday in Greece. Pregnancy and the difficulties of … Continue reading →

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Toni Erdmann dir. Maren Ade. 2016. In German.

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Patricia Markert

A daughter and father are somewhat estranged, living at a remove from one another.  The father, Winfried, a teacher in his sixties, near retirement age, with a serious but puckish manner, decides to correct this.  He begins traipsing around after … Continue reading →

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