Blockade

Directed By: Ádám Tősér
Origin Country: Hungary
Date of Production: 2022
Duration Time: 106 minutes
Contest: INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

A true story of the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, József Antall, from his freedom fighter days in 1956. József Antall, only six months after his induction as Prime Minister of the first democratic government, faces the most difficult test of his life. Taxi drivers protest against the drastic rise in petrol prices Quickly disillusioned with democracy, they blockade the city of Budapest, and soon after the whole country.