A maternal truth: some women don’t love their children as society thinks they should

A maternal truth: some women don’t love their children as society thinks they should

Olivia Colman stars as the forthright
holidaying professor, Leda, in the film
adaptation ‘The Lost Daughter’. Picture: Netflix/Moviestore/Shutterstock

There’s a moment in The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s adaptation of the Elena Ferrante novel which stars Olivia Colman, where I gasped out loud and swore at the character. 

Colman’s Leda, a professor holidaying in Greece alone, is conversing awkwardly with a pregnant stranger. 

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