Zoltán Madarász

アフリカの村。ある日、小さな男の子が母親の胎内から自力で生まれ出てきた。そして、自分でへその緒を切ると自らキリクと名乗るのだった。彼が生まれた村は今、窮地に立たされている。魔女カラバの脅威に晒されていたのだ。キリクの父親や村の男たちは、カラバに戦いを挑み、その結果みな彼女に喰われてしまった。カラバの呪いによって村の泉は枯れ、黄金も奪われてしまった。そんな中、キリクは“どうして魔女カラバは意地悪なの？”と村人に問いかける。その質問に“お山の賢者”だけが答えられると知ったキリクは、さっそく会いに向かうのだが…。

The Komló settlement was a typical example of how Roma labour was exploited in the 1970s industrial mass production. This collaboration of Roma pupils and their teachers portrays the children’s everyday lives through their own drawings, often translating cruel facts into fairytales.

The Sultan of Zanzibar has a harbor infested with sharks, which makes it impossible for ships to trade with him. In an attempt to fix the problem, he brings twelve hippos into the harbor to keep the sharks away. His idea works well enough, but once the hippos are no longer a novelty and the people no longer feed them, they begin to starve. After the hungry hippos rampage through the city looking for food, Aban-Khan, the king's adviser, slaughters all the hippos except one, a little hippo named Hugo.