Hey, what's up? It's Gustavo Ariano. Today, The Times is bringing you an episode from our sister podcast, The Envelope, that stars Maggie Jelen Hall. I've always thought she's been awesome. From The Dark Night to the BBC Show, The Honorable Woman, to cult films and blockbusters, Maggie's acting roles always are surprising, but for this

episode, she's going to talk about her directorial debut. Her film, The Lost Daughter, recently

snagged an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Enjoy.

Hello, I'm Mark Olson.

And I'm Yvonne Villarreal.

I have to say, obviously, Maggie is incredibly dynamic on screen as an actor, but I'm always so mesmerized by the way she talks about her process.

It's always felt like she thinks like a director.

And I think the lost daughter really reflects that.

It's such a stunning debut.

And I feel like I'll definitely never look at an orange the same.

But I'll let you tell our listeners about the premise.

Well, I'll leave the oranges for people to discover in the movie themselves. But in The Lost Daughter, Olivia Coleman plays a middle-aged professor named Lita,

and while on vacation by herself in Greece, she becomes entangled with this other family

that causes her to sort of reflect back on her own past.

Children are a crushing responsibility.

Happy birthday.

In interspersed flashbacks, a younger Lita, who's played by Jesse Buckley,

struggles to adapt to the overwhelming demands of motherhood.

I've called you so many times for dinner.

Bianca, what are you sitting on?

Bianca!

Eventually, it all becomes too much, and Lita makes a drastic decision that fractures her family.

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