Hungarian movie ’The Citizen’ discovered by leading American critics
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Prestigious American journals have discovered a recent Hungarian movie, says Index.hu. Roland Vranik’s The Citizen, a compassionate film about immigration and refugees, appreciated by numerous awards is under the microscope this time.
We have written about movies featuring Budapest, our illustrious winning movies – especially Son of Saul, and movies shot in Budapest. Now it’s time to turn to a new Hungarian movie success: American film critics adore Roland Vranik’s The Citizen, a movie about migration and refuge. Hungarian critics have already admired the sophisticated and complex thinking that is present in The Citizen.
It is considered a must-see movie by critics independent of world view or political thinking.
The movie features Wilson, a political refugee resettling in Hungary after his family has been torn apart by war. He meets Mari (56) when trying to pass the constitutional studies exam to become a Hungarian citizen. The interesting love story that unfolds between the main characters Mari and Wilson is what drives the story. However, complications arise when in order to save her life, Wilson promises to marry Shirin, a Persian refugee on paper. In the movie, the two refugees are portrayed as common people with real feelings – just as they are in real life, though some politicians and the society tend to forget this.