The Citizen

The Citizen

2017 hu 108 minutes

Rating: 6.6

Plot

The heart-wrenching story of The Citizen begins with a citizenship exam, where the examination committee rigorously questions a middle-aged African man. No matter how beautifully he recites Hungarian poetry, Wilson, a political refugee in his late fifties, fails the exams for the umpteenth time, because he doesn’t know where the periodical ‘Magyar Közlöny’ got its name from, and what the Corvinae are. Moreover, inspired by Vörösmarty’s poem, the committee chairman even questions his reasons for leaving his mother country. Wilson argues that his reasons include his fellow citizens cutting pregnant women in half, yet he doesn’t manage to soften the heart of the committee members.

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Cast

Cake-Baly Marcelo

Cake-Baly Marcelo

Ágnes Máhr

Ágnes Máhr

Arghavan Shekari

Arghavan Shekari

Tünde Szalontay

Tünde Szalontay

Gergõ Kocsis

Gergõ Kocsis

István Znamenák

István Znamenák

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