Mary-Louise Parker joins Natalie Portman in Elena Ferrante HBO movie adaptation The Days of Abandonment

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The Days of Abandonment is a visceral, no-holds-barred journey into the mind of a woman named Tess in crisis, played by Portman that confronts the norms of motherhood and female identity as Tess traverses the darkest reaches of her own psyche. Parker will play Mysterious Woman, a mesmerizing but elusive woman Tess starts encountering everywhere she goes, causing Tess to question her sanity.