VENICE, Italy (AP) — Maggie Gyllenhaal may come from a family of filmmakers, yet she never let herself dream about directing until recently. Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley play the lead, Leda, at different stages of life. Gyllenhaal said Ferrante’s novels present, “Secret truths about a feminine experience in the world that I really liked having spoken out loud... But Ferrante did say one thing: It was very important that Leda “not be crazy.” If she was, it would make the story dismissible. “All people want to be one person, turns out they’re not that person and they’re probably someone else,” Colman said.

Source: thestar September 03, 2021 13:52 UTC