Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Lost Daughter’ Gets Warm Ovation in Venice With Jake Gyllenhaal on Hand to Cheer Her Debut
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variety.comNick Vivarelli International CorrespondentMaggie Gyllenhaal was glowing as her assured directorial debut, “The Lost Daughter,” received a warm, four-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival’s Sala Grande after Greek music played as the credits rolled, with her brother Jake Gyllenhaal cheering in the row behind her.Gyllenhaal’s adaptation of the eponymous Elena Ferrante novel about a middle-aged comparative literature professor on a solo vacation that brings back echoes of her parenting past, clearly struck a chord with the largely Italian audience, despite the Italy-set tale being transposed to the Greek island of Spetses and played by Anglo-Saxon characters.Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley –– who did not attend the premiere ––.
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