Hungary, 1956. Spoiler: it doesn’t end well.
Diary for My Mother and Father is the final instalment of Mészáros’ trilogy of “Diaries”, the first being Diary for My Children. Somewhat bizarrely, the second film of the trilogy, Diary for My Lovers, was not shown in this cycle.
Zsuzsa Czinkóczi, Jan Nowicki and Anna Polony reprise their roles from the previous films and, I’m sorry to say, they look a bit tired of it all; truly outstanding performance by Mari Törőcsik as Vera. In the middle of the movie’s tragic realism, the Felliniesque New Year’s party is an absolute highlight offering a ray of hope that, as we know, dies last.
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