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Diary for My Children

1984 · 106 min

Quietly devastating and slow, blending memory and history into a somber, personal reckoning.

Genres
Drama
Overview
After having lost her parents, young Juli returns from the Soviet Union to her native Budapest. Scarred by the wounds of the past, the ghost of Stalin’s oppression haunts her as she reunites with her aunt and adoptive mother Magda.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • identity
  • memory
  • politics
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Márta Mészáros
Written by
Márta Mészáros
Starring
Czinkóczi Zsuzsa, Anna Polony, Földi Teri, Jan Nowicki, Sándor Oszter, Pál Zolnay, Vilmos Kun, Mari Szemes
Cinematography
Nyika Jancsó
Runtime
106 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian

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