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Diary for My Children

Original title: Napló gyermekeimnek · Turkish title: Anı Defteri
1984 · 1 h 46 min
Directed by Márta Mészáros
BiographyDrama

Cast

Zsuzsa Czinkóczi Anna Polony Jan Nowicki

Credits

Written by: Márta Mészáros

Plot

In postwar Hungary, a teenage girl, Juli, returns from the Soviet Union where she spent her childhood, to live with a grandmother in Budapest, as the Stalinist regime tightens. She forms a bond with a Party official, a woman who represents her mother's lost generation. Márta Mészáros's 1984 film, drawn from her own life, won the Grand Prix at Cannes.

Sinekatalog’s take

Márta Mészáros's semi-autobiographical drama follows a teenage girl returning to Stalinist Hungary from the USSR. Zsuzsa Czinkóczi is superb in a restrained, moving and politically sharp coming-of-age tale.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (1,170 votes)
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