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68% Critic Match
Diary for My Father and My Mother
6.8 / 10• 1990• 1h 59m•NR• Hungarian
Drama
Storyline
This story follows a young student, who is orphaned as she grows to adulthood in the shadow of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Coming from the Communist intelligentsia, she sees her friends and family react differently. Her lover, a married factory manager, supports the patriots and later assists fellow workers in staging a strike. Meanwhile her sister and others express anger at being forced from their homes during the revolution and continue to express a hatred for the rebels afterwards. But in the end they realize that for all people, real life is not possible after the revolt and its brutal suppression by the Soviets and their collaborators.
Cast & Crew
Czinkóczi Zsuzsa
Juli
Lead
Jan Nowicki
János
Mari Törőcsik
Vera
Ildikó Bánsági
Ildi
Anna Polony
Magda
Lajos Balázsovits
Péter
Irina Kuberskaya
Anna Pavlovna
Adél Kováts
Natasa
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Márta Mészáros's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Diary for My Father and My Mother is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
