Napló gyermekeimnek (1982)
Directed by Márta Mészáros / Marta Meszaros
Sub-Genres - Political Drama, Childhood Drama |
Release Date - Oct 3, 1984 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 108 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Diary for My Children is set in Hungary during the turbulent years between 1943 and 1956. Jan Nowicki plays a dual role as the factory-worker friend of revolutionary journalist Anna Polony, and as the political-prisoner father of teen-aged heroine Zsusza Czinkoczi. It is Czinkoczi's involvement with both of the men played by Nowicki, which bridges the film's time-frame. Writer/director Marta Meszaros based the events of Diary for My Children on her own wartime experiences (her father was a Communist artist who died under mysterious circumstances during a Stalinist purge). The film was originally released in Hungary as Napló gyermekeimnek; it was the recipient of a Special Jury Prize at Cannes.
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Keywords
disillusionment, childhood, Communism, conviction, death, editor, factory-worker, family-separation, flashback, homecoming, homeland, mother, newspaper, political-prisoner, politician, prison, reunion, teenagers, child, diary, director, father, festival, film, girl, prize, return, youth
Attributes
High Artistic Quality
