Unfinished Diary
1982•48m•8.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Marilú Mallet
Languages
Spanish, French, English
Studio
7 Art Distribution
Cast
Nicolas Rubbo
The son
Isabel Allende
The friend of childhood
Marilú Mallet
The filmmaker
Michael Rubbo
The husband
María Luisa Segnoret
The mother
Salvador Fisciella
The refugee
Octavio Lafourcade
The musician
Production
Company
7 Art Distribution
Company
Les Films de l'Atalante
Producer
Dominique Pinel
Producer
Marilú Mallet
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