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Hidden Diary

2009 · 105 min

A quiet, reflective drama that unfolds like a family album, inviting you to piece together unspoken history.

Directed by
Julie Lopes-Curval
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Catherine Deneuve, Marie-Josée Croze, Marina Hands
Overview
In the 1950s, Louise left her husband when their children were still little. She was never heard from again. Her daughter Martine stayed in the small seaside town, where she became a doctor. Martine's daughter, Audrey, a thirty-year-old independent woman, returns to visit her parents. By chance, she finds a notebook that belonged to her grandmother, a diary that may at last explain her departure. Will it reveal the things left unsaid, that have altered the relationships within the heart of the family ever since? In it, will Audrey find answers to the questions that she is asking herself about her own future?

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Directed by
Julie Lopes-Curval
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Catherine Deneuve, Marie-Josée Croze, Marina Hands
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • memory
  • identity
  • parenthood
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Julie Lopes-Curval
Written by
Julie Lopes-Curval, Sophie Hiet
Starring
Catherine Deneuve, Marie-Josée Croze, Marina Hands, Michel Duchaussoy, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Carole Franck, Eléonore Hirt, Gérard Watkins
Music
Patrick Watson
Cinematography
Philippe Guilbert
Runtime
105 min
Country
France, Canada
Languages
French, English

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