Lili Makk

The fresh president of Hungary find himself in trouble with taxi drivers. The taxi drives are disappointed in the democracy and protesting against the drasticly raising gas prices. The drivers build blockades all over the capital.

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.

26年前に爆発事故を起こし問題となったロシアのチェルノブイリ原子力発電所。今では周辺の街も含め廃墟とかした土地になっている。物語は、今なお放射能の残る踏み込んではいけないチェルノブイリの居住地を訪れた観光客たちが、子供のような影を見かける。興味本意で調べはじめるが、一人また一人と得体の知れない影に襲われていく。