In his late fifties Wilson, whose family was killed during an outbreak of civil war in Guinea-Bissau, enters Europe as a political refugee and settles for a sedate life as a security guard in a Budapest shopping center. Wilson's main desire is to acquire Hungarian citizenship. The story follows Wilson as he attempts to find his place in Hungarian society in his daily life, at work, with Mari, a history teacher who helps him study for the citizenship and Shirin, a young Iranian woman whose only hope to avoid deportation is to marry a Hungarian citizen. The Citizen is an Award-winning drama that poignantly dwells on some of the most complex issues of contemporary modern European society.

A film by Roland VRANIK

Hungary / Guinea-Bissau, 2017, Fiction, 1h49, Drama

starring Cake-Baly Marcelo, Ágnes Máhr, Arghavan Shekari

Year
2017

Runtime
109 minutes

Language
Hungarian

Country
Hungary

Premiere
2019

Rating
NR

Note
VOSTF

Producer
Károly Fehér

Co-Producers
Klári Garas, Csaba Tóth

Director
Roland Vranik

Screenwriter
Roland Vranik, Iván Szabó

Cinematographer
Imre Juhasz

Editor
Lili Makk

Cast
Cake-Baly Marcelo, Ágnes Máhr, Arghavan Shekari