Diary for My Loves
An intimate Hungarian historical drama follows an eighteen-year-old diarist determined to enter the male-dominated world of filmmaking.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- intimate
- reflective
- arthouse film night
- historical cinema viewing
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Juli is explicitly presented as the diarist, and the film continues the diary-based structure of its predecessor.
At eighteen, Juli is determined to become a movie director in a period when that ambition encounters social and institutional constraints.
Juli’s personal diary and relationships unfold within postwar Hungarian social conditions, linking emotional life with history.
The diary perspective and filmmaker-centered premise reflect Márta Mészáros’s sustained engagement with memory, women’s experience, and Hungarian history.
Films like Diary for My Loves, and why
Diary for My Children
female-centered historical drama about artistic ambition, political pressure, and personal memory
The Beaches of Agnès
autobiographical European drama focused on a young woman pursuing filmmaking amid authoritarian social conditions
The 400 Blows
intimate coming-of-age drama connecting personal relationships with a young artist’s developing vocation
Movie Details
- Director
- Márta Mészáros
- Release Date
- 1987-10-01
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (19)
Cast
- Czinkóczi Zsuzsa
- Anna Polony
- Jan Nowicki
- Ágnes Csere
- Mária Ronyecz
- Tamás Végvári
- Pál Zolnay
- Mari Szemes
- Tamás Tóth
- Irina Kuberskaya
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Criterion Channel
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Diary for My Loves about?
- An intimate Hungarian historical drama follows an eighteen-year-old diarist determined to enter the male-dominated world of filmmaking.
- What is Diary for My Loves like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Diary for My Loves as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Diary for My Loves violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Diary for My Loves as mild.
- Which films are like Diary for My Loves?
- Films with a similar feel include Diary for My Children, The Beaches of Agnès, and The 400 Blows.
- How long is Diary for My Loves?
- Diary for My Loves runs 135 minutes.
- Where can I watch Diary for My Loves?
- In United States, Diary for My Loves streams on Criterion Channel.
