It was quite an eventful evening on Day 6 of the 59th New York Film Festival! With her film making its much-anticipated “hometown debut,” writer and director Maggie Gyllenhaal introduced New York audiences to her debut feature, The Lost Daughter, inside a sold-out Alice Tully Hall.
Based on the 2006 novel by celebrated author Elena Ferrante, Gyllenhaal’s film adaptation of The Lost Daughter features an incredible, all-star cast, many of whom were on hand for last night’s screening: Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Ed Harris, Paul Mescal, Peter Sarsgaard, and Dagmara Dominczyk. In addition to participating in a Q&A with NYFF Director of Programming Dennis Lim following the screening, Gyllenhaal and her cast reunited on our red carpet before providing a heartfelt introduction to the film. Scroll through our photo gallery above for all of last night’s festivities. Screenings of The Lost Daughter are presented by Citi.
The Lost Daughter will open in theaters on December 17th and will premiere on Netflix beginning December 31st.
