The Citizen

Name: The Citizen
Genre: Drama
Released: July 6, 2018
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Ágnes Máhr, Arghavan Shekari, Cake-Baly Marcelo, István Znamenák, Máté Haumann

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ArtMattan Productions | Release Date: July 6, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Ágnes Máhr, Arghavan Shekari, Cake-Baly Marcelo, István Znamenák, Máté Haumann, Péter Barbinek, Péter Sándor, Tibor Gáspár, Tünde Szalontay, Viktor Noé

Summary: 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 roughlyWilson, 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. Unexpectedly the teacher and her pupil start to develop deep affection towards each other.… Expand

Director: Roland Vranik

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 109 min

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Alan Scherstuhl

Jul 5, 2018

Vranik’s film couldn’t be more timely in its moral inquiry, but it’s timeless in form and technique, a melodrama tempered with a painstaking realism. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jul 5, 2018

The film, directed by Roland Vranik from a script by Mr. Vranik and Ivan Szabo, is a careful, compassionate and beautifully acted character drama with a social conscience. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Jul 5, 2018

Beautifully acted by its ensemble of mostly non-professional actors, The Citizen puts a very human face on a topic that has inflamed much of the Western world. Read full review

Chris Barsanti

Jul 5, 2018

Deliberately paced but shot with a quiet magnetism and close-in immediacy,The Citizen benefits in comparison to other immigrant dramas because even though this is a story suffused with empathy, it doesn’t center on either a good deed being done by a white Westerner for a helpless dark-skinned foreigner or that foreigner’s two-dimensional pluck. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Jul 26, 2018

An involving, stacked deck of a story plus strong acting and a mix of vital themes combine to make The Citizen a solid drama about immigration, nationalism and survival in an often unforgiving world. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Jul 3, 2018

It adheres too rigidly to news-cycle replications of barbaric governmental acts, and without putting them into greater perspective. Read full review

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