Unfinished Diary

Unfinished Diary

48 mins | Documentary | Jan. 2, 1982

In this heartwarming docudrama, Chilean immigrant Marilú Mallet strives to make a film about her experience of deep isolation. Her English-speaking husband, a prominent film director, criticizes her subjective approach to filmmaking; her young son, raised in Quebec, speaks only French. Interviews with Isabel Allende and other Chilean exiles reveal a deep bond in this powerful and resonant film about language and genre, exile and immigration.

Unfinished Diary

48 mins | Documentary | Jan. 2, 1982

Unfinished Diary
In this heartwarming docudrama, Chilean immigrant Marilú Mallet strives to make a film about her experience of deep isolation. Her English-speaking husband, a prominent film director, criticizes her subjective approach to filmmaking; her young son, raised in Quebec, speaks only French. Interviews with Isabel Allende and other Chilean exiles reveal a deep bond in this powerful and resonant film about language and genre, exile and immigration.
Producers Les Films de l'Atalante, 7 Art Distribution
Original title Journal inachevé
Directors Marilú Mallet
Writers

Cast

Nicolas Rubbo

as The son

Isabel Allende

as The friend of childhood

Marilú Mallet

as The filmmaker

Michael Rubbo

as The husband

María Luisa Segnoret

as The mother

Salvador Fisciella

as The refugee

Octavio Lafourcade

as The musician