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(Hungary 1982 107m) DVD2
Aka. Napló Gyermekeimnek
Diary for myself…
d Márta Mészáros w Márta Mészáros, Balàzs Fakan, András Szeradás ph Miklós Jancsó Jnr ed Éva Kármentö m Zsolt Döme art Éva Martin
Zsuzsa Czinkóczi (Julia ‘Juli’ Kovacs), Anna Polony (Magda), Jan Nowicki (Janos), Mari Szémes (grandmother), Pàl Zolnay (grandfather), Ildikó Bánsági (Juli’s mother), Támas Toth (Janos’ son),
Referring to Márta Mészáros’ trilogy of which this was the first part (Diary for My Loves in 1987 and Diary for My Father and Mother in 1990 completed the triptych) Mark Cousins observed that collectively they “represent not only the country’s greatest films of the decade but the best ever about women living in the shadow of Stalin.” Seeing the whole trilogy today can prove quite tricky, unseen on British television since the glory days of Channel 4’s World Cinema strain, never released on video, and even Second Run’s DVD suffered more delays than British Rail. Thankfully the film had been released in France in a perfectly decent English subtitled DVD release which will hopefully bring it the recognition that’s long overdue. If only the other films in the trilogy – though they’re not quite as good – would follow. (more…)
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