Unfinished Diary (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.
Director: Marilú Mallet
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Nicolas Rubbo as The son |
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Isabel Allende as The friend of childhood |
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Marilú Mallet as The filmmaker |
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Michael Rubbo as The husband |
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María Luisa Segnoret as The mother |
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Salvador Fisciella as The refugee |
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Octavio Lafourcade as The musician |
| Editing | Milicska Jalbert | Editor |
| Crew | Michel Descombes | Mixing Engineer |
| Production | Dominique Pinel | Producer |
| Art | Philippe Martel | Assistant Director of Photography |
| Editing | Marilú Mallet | Editor |
| Camera | Guy Borremans | Director of Photography |
| Production | Dominique Pinel | Production Manager |
| Editing | Pascale Laverrière | Editor |
| Camera | Cristopher Reusing | Set Photographer |
| Production | Marilú Mallet | Producer |
| Sound | Julian Olson | Sound |
| Directing | Marilú Mallet | Director |