
Shotoveraten-yearperiod,Diaryisnotonlythepolitical,professionalandpersonaldiaryofaman,butatestemonythatisalsoastatementontheturbulentrealityofawar-torncountry,Israel.ThesixchaptersthatmakeupthefilmtakeusfromTelAvivtoParis,thentoLondonandBrazil,whereDavidPerlovwasborn,andwherehedecidestoreturnafteratwenty-yearabsence.ThefilmisalsoafamilydiaryinwhichPerlovrecordsthecomingofageofhistwodaughters,YaelandNaomi.TherearemeetingswithClaudeLanzman,IsaacStern,JorisIvens,AndreSchwartz-Bart,IrvingHowe,andKlausKinsky.Anextraordinarymixtureofhomemovies,politicaldocumentaryandcinema-verité,Diaryisauniquework.Thetenyearsofshootingandfivemoreofeditinghaveresultedinafilmwhichhasthespontaneityandapparentarbitrarinessofasnapshotbutwhichisacarefullycomposedandgradedasafinishedmasterpiece.




