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The Citizen

Az állampolgár

2016

Roland Vranik

Cake-Baly Marcelo, Máté Haumann, Tünde Szalontay, Tibor Gáspár ...

7.0

56

Drama Wilson, a black man in his late fifties, has been living as a refugee in Hungary for years. He works as a security guard in Budapest and his main desire is to acquire Hungarian citizenship, but he keeps failing the exams that are required for his application. In preparing for the next exam, he is helped by Mari, a Hungarian woman of roughly the same age who is a history teacher.

	Media	Author	Review
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Couldn't be more timely (...) A deeply moving examination of the current white-hot social issue of immigration"
		Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"A careful, compassionate and beautifully acted character drama with a social conscience"
		Clayton Dillard Slant	"'The Citizen' stumbles when it loses focus on character specifics (...) 'The Citizen's power remains limited to its admirable politics (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Leah Pickett Chicago Reader	"Poignant (...) [It is] natural and timely, largely because of Cake-Baly's grounded performance"
		Alan Scherstuhl Village Voice	"A devastatingly good drama about refugees and immigration (...) Vranik’s film couldn’t be more timely in its moral inquiry, but it’s timeless in form and technique"

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