Diary Left for My Daughter

This film (drama)Also known asNapló gyermekeimnek，is aHungaryProducerwomen sex，At1984Released in year 。The dialogue language isHungarian，Current Douban rating7.6(For reference only)。

Renowned Hungarian female director Márta Mészáros (The Adoption) is best known for her work This film was banned for two years before winning the Jury Prize at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival! An immortal classic masterpiece in the history of women's cinema worldwide! Mészáros was selected as one of the five greatest directors by the British International Film Yearbook. One of the best Eastern European films of the 1980s This film was completed in 1982 and only allowed for release in 1984. It reflects the political, cultural, and social life in Hungary during the 1940s. It is a semi-autobiographical film. Director Mészáros shares a similar background with the female protagonist in the film. She moved to the Soviet Union with her father at the age of 5 in 1935. In the film, the female protagonist begins to understand Mágda through the diary left by János but still dislikes her. Mágda reflects a segment of Hungary's historical process. Mészáros has directed over 20 films, including significant ones such as Nine Months, Suburban House, Just Like Home, Diary for My Beloved (the sequel to this film), The Legacy, and Mother and Daughter. This film won the Jury Special Prize at the 37th Cannes Film Festival in 1984. This autobiographical film from the Stalin era, Diary for My Child, uses continuous newsreel footage and snippets from the 1950s to portray the complex personal and political landscape of that time. After being banned in the West for two years, it won the Jury Special Prize at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. ★★Plot Introduction: One day in 1947, a group of Hungarian underground members who had escaped to the Soviet Union returned to Budapest by plane, including a teenage girl named Juli. Her father, a renowned sculptor, was arrested during the Great Purge in the 1930s and has been missing. Her mother, a painter who spoke multiple languages, often took Juli to the movies but passed away when Juli was very young. Juli returned to her home country with her grandparents and lived with her aunt Mágda. Mágda was once an underground member and became an editor of a newspaper after the war; her apartment is luxurious and comfortable. Juli attends a school meant for privileged children, and her aunt wants to adopt her. However, Juli disagrees as she doesn't like Mágda. She skips school to watch movies and misses her past life and her parents. Juli is fond of her aunt's old comrade János, an old Bolshevik and chief engineer of a large factory. János's wife and daughter were killed in a bombing raid, and his son is disabled. He cares deeply for Juli. Mágda later becomes a prison warden and actively participates in the Great Purge that began in 1949, and suddenly János goes missing. Juli decides to leave Mágda and work at a factory. In 1953, she visits János in prison and signifies that she will wait for his son to return to freedom together.