Diary watch order
There are 3 Diary films, about 6 hours in total. The first was released in 1984, the latest in 1990. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
Trilogy of semi-autobiographical films by Hungarian director Marta Meszaros.
- 1
Diary for My Children (1984)
3 May 1984 · 106 min
After having lost her parents, young Juli returns from the Soviet Union to her native Budapest. Scarred by the wounds of the past, the ghost of Stalin’s oppression haunts her as she reunites with her aunt and adoptive mother Magda.
- 2
Diary for My Loves (1987)
1 Oct 1987 · 135 min
A continuation of "Diary for My Children," the film picks up in 1950, when Juli, the diarist, is 18 and determined to become a movie director.
- 3
Diary for My Father and My Mother (1990)
2 Jan 1990 · 119 min
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 th
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.