''Diary for My Children'' () is a 1984 Hungarian

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directed by Márta Mészáros. It was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix Spécial du Jury. In July 2021, the film was shown in the Cannes Classics section at the

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. 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) *

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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) *

as Juli's father (in flashbacks) * Éva Szabó as Ilonka, Magda's housekeeper * Tamás Tóth as János's son

References

External links

* 1984 films 1980s Hungarian-language films 1984 drama films Films directed by Márta Mészáros Hungarian black-and-white films Hungarian drama films Cannes Grand Prix winners {{Hungary-film-stub