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Little Vilma: The Last Diary

2000 · 104 min

A sombre, slow historical drama that weighs heavily, offering a sobering and quietly harrowing look at persecution and endurance.

Directed by
Márta Mészáros
Genres
Drama
Starring
Cleo Ladányi, Lili Monori, Barbara Hegyi
Overview
The movie is inspired by writer-director Márta Mészáros' own childhood. The film is a grim reminder of horrible days under Stalinist period when several innocent people were persecuted for no fault. A good film which allow people to know how people in Europe were tortured before second world war by dictators and authoritarian regimes.

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Directed by
Márta Mészáros
Genres
Drama
Starring
Cleo Ladányi, Lili Monori, Barbara Hegyi
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    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • survival
    • isolation
    • family
    • trauma
    • politics
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
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    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror3
    Humour0
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness8
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Márta Mészáros
    Written by
    Éva Pataki, Márta Mészáros
    Starring
    Cleo Ladányi, Lili Monori, Barbara Hegyi, Jan Nowicki, Kitty Kéri
    Music
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    Cinematography
    Nyika Jancsó
    Runtime
    104 min
    Country
    Hungary, Germany, Poland
    Languages
    Hungarian

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