Summary
In the somber tapestry of a Hungarian village, where despair clings to the very air, emerges István, a figure of profound mystery and unsettling charisma. He is the 'kuruzsló,' the healer whose unorthodox methods and seemingly miraculous cures ignite a flicker of hope in the hearts of a populace ravaged by illness and hardship. His arrival is a quiet storm, captivating the vulnerable Ilona, whose fragile health becomes a canvas for his enigmatic powers, and drawing the wary gaze of Dr. Kovács, the village's established physician, who scents fraud beneath the veneer of divine intervention. As István's legend swells, so too does the precariousness of his carefully constructed reality. Whispers of a shadowed past, a life lived on the fringes of medical legitimacy, begin to circulate, fueled by the reappearance of a specter from his former life—a woman whose painful history is inextricably linked to his own. The film meticulously unwraps the layers of István's persona, revealing not just a man capable of profound empathy, but one haunted by a past transgression, caught between genuine desire to alleviate suffering and the intoxicating allure of deception. The narrative crescendos into a stark reckoning, forcing István to confront the ethical precipice upon which he stands, challenging the very essence of belief, healing, and the moral compromises inherent in the human condition, ultimately questioning whether his 'miracles' are a testament to faith or a dangerous manipulation of it.
