Sándor Szőke

What if democracy fails citizens by not serving them all equally? What if inequality becomes the norm and the most vulnerable citizens are left behind with no money, no home, no rights, and no country of their own? In Hungary, the government has slashed social benefits and criminalized homelessness, but a group of activists, homeless and middle class, is confronting authorities to defend social justice and their right to be citizens. After the tragic death of two of its founding members, the group feels that Hungary is growing more hostile and their struggle is more important than ever. Despite all odds, their own community keeps them going—a mini-society with democracy and solidarity at its heart, an island of hope, belonging and dignity in a society gradually shifting the other way.

Kati (Bella Muzsnay), the daughter of a landowner (László Bakó), is not very sad while her fiancé, Matyi (Sándor Szőke), is a prisoner of war in Russia: she meets the handsome goulash (Sándor Garamszeghy). He is not too happy when Matyi returns home from Siberia. The two men competing for her hand get into a fight and the goulash is sent to prison. The proposal goes through, but the goulash escapes from his cell. After a long chase, he is captured, but on the day of the wedding his sentence expires and he is released. The newlyweds spend their wedding night in the attic, and the jealous goulash burns down the house in revenge.