Robin Wright directs and stars in Prime Video series 'The Girlfriend'

Robin Wright stars as Laura, a mother and art gallerist, in the miniseries 'The Girlfriend,' based on Michelle Frances's novel, now streaming on Prime Video. Wright also directs multiple episodes, describing the experience as wearing three hats: actress, director, and tone custodian. The series explores existential dilemmas of a middle-aged woman facing an empty nest and the intrusion of a new female figure, Cherry (Olivia Cooke), into her son Daniel's life. Wright notes the fraudulent side of the art world Laura navigates, filled with wealthy collectors and surface vanities, which disorients her both professionally and personally. The narrative centers on the duel between two 'alpha females' caught between attraction and suspicion. Cinematographically, Wright worked with director of photography Matias Nyberg to achieve a filmic approach with fluid camera movements suggesting an invisible threatening presence. The series emphasizes subjective perception, with each character's viewpoint generating a partial truth, and deliberately avoids a univocal ending, leaving interpretation to the viewer.