Healing Cinema: The Lost Daughter
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Jungian Analysts Judith Cooper and Daniel Ross discuss Maggie Gyllenhaal’s 2021 film The Lost Daughter (based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Elena Ferrante). They also reflect on the analysis provided in the article “Motherhood and Taboo: Recovering the Lost Daughter” from The Point. In this discussion, they touch on:
- Transformation
- Book vs Film
- Maternal Ambivalence
- Liminality
- Lostness
- Idealization vs Deidealization
- Eroticism
- Patriarchy
- Achievement
- Narcissism
- Redemption
- Pregnancy (Biological vs Psychological Impact)
- Generational Trauma
- Sadism
- Aggression
- Grief