College professor Leda Caruso (Olivia Colman) is vacationing in a sparse Greek resort. A large noisy family invades her peace. She has a confrontation with Nina (Dakota Johnson), a young mother in the group. When Nina loses her girl, Leda manages to find her. They start an uneasy friendship. In flashbacks, a twentysomething Leda (Jessie Buckley) has a troubled relationship with her two daughters.
It's a directing and writing theatrical debut for Maggie Gyllenhaal. From the beginning, I assumed that Nina's daughter is going missing. I took the title to mean that the missing daughter would be the whole movie. When that situation gets resolved so quickly, the narrative story is set adrift. I was wondering where this uneasy situation was going and the movie adds her truly uneasy past. Uneasy seems to be the main feeling coming from this film. It's a compelling portrait of a troubled mind and problematic motherhood.
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