Diary for My Children

1984 film

3 May 1984 (1984-05-03)

Running time

106 minutesCountryHungaryLanguagesHungarian, Russian

Diary for My Children (Hungarian: Napló gyermekeimnek) is a 1984 Hungarian drama film directed by Márta Mészáros. It was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix Spécial du Jury.^[1] In July 2021, the film was shown in the Cannes Classics section at the Cannes Film Festival.^[2] It is the first film of the autobiographical trilogy, followed by Diary for My Lovers and Diary for My Father and Mother. The film contains documentary footage integrated with the story.

Cast

Zsuzsa Czinkóczi as Juli
Anna Polony as Magda, Juli's adoptive mother
Teri Földi as Magda (voice)
Jan Nowicki as János
Sándor Oszter as János (voice)
Mari Szemes as Grandma
Pál Zolnay as Grandpa
Vilmos Kun as Grandpa (voice)
Ildikó Bánsági as Juli's mother (in flashbacks)
Jan Nowicki as Juli's father (in flashbacks)
Éva Szabó as Ilonka, Magda's housekeeper
Tamás Tóth as János's son

References

^ "Festival de Cannes: Diary for My Children". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
^ "2021 Cannes Classics Lineup Includes Orson Welles, Powell and Pressburger, Tilda Swinton & More". The Film Stage. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

External links

Diary for My Children at IMDb

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Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix

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Ådalen 31 (1969)
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Johnny Got His Gun / Taking Off (1971)
Solaris (1972)
The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Arabian Nights (1974)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1975)
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Siberiade (1979)
My American Uncle (1980)
Light Years Away (1981)
The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
Diary for My Children (1984)
Birdy (1985)
The Sacrifice (1986)
Repentance (1987)
A World Apart (1988)
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Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Life Is Beautiful (1998)
Humanité (1999)
Devils on the Doorstep (2000)

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Gomorrah (2008)
A Prophet (2009)
Of Gods and Men (2010)
The Kid with a Bike / Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
Reality (2012)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
The Wonders (2014)
Son of Saul (2015)
It's Only the End of the World (2016)
BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017)
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Atlantics (2019)
Compartment No. 6 / A Hero (2021)
Close / Stars at Noon (2022)
The Zone of Interest (2023)

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