简介：DuringacostumepartyonNewYearsEve,agroupofrevelersjoinacelibrationdrinkingandcheeringintheNewYear.Onepartygoer,havingdranktoomuch,sticksherheadoutthewindowandhollarsbitterlyagainsttheregeiminwhichtheylive.Withinsecondsuniformedpoliceknockatthedoorandinsistonsearchingthepapersofallthegrouppresent.Thepartygoeslookdumbfounded,lookingridiculousintheircostumesandbrutishpolicemensearchthem. ThisisthenightmarishworldofHungaryonNewYears1957inthestartling"DiaryformyMotherandFather." Thisstoryfollowsayoungstudent,whoisorphanedasshegrowstoadulthoodintheshaddowofthe1956Hungarianuprising.Comingfromthecommunistintellegensia,heseesherfriendsandfamilyreactdifferently.Herlover,amarriedfactorymanagersupportsthepatriotsandlaterassistsfellowworkersinstagingastrike.Meanwhilehersisterandothersexpressangeratbeingforcedfromtheirhomesduringtherevolutionandcontinuetoexpressahatredfortherebelsafterwards.Butintheendtheyrealizethatforallpeople,reallifeisnotpossibleaftertherevoltanditsbrutalsuppressionbytheSovietsandtheircollaborators.…