在这部好公民剧情片中,威尔逊多年前作为难民来到匈牙利，为自己找到了栖息之所和一份工作——在一家超市担任保安。他希望成为一名匈牙利公民，却多次未能通过基础宪法考试。他的同事向他推荐了自己的的妹妹玛丽——一位匈牙利语和历史教师。在私教课程中，这位已婚老师与威尔逊之间互相吸引产生感情。与此同时，威尔逊意外结识了从难民营逃离的波斯女孩希林。出于对希林悲惨遭遇的同情，善良的威尔逊对希林和她的女儿希迪展现出父爱般的关怀，但是玛丽对其一无所知。随着真相逐渐浮出水面，三人的关系变得越发复杂，威尔逊也对他成为匈牙利公民的梦想感到迷茫。
Wilson, a black man in his late fifties, has been living as a refugee in Hungary for years. He works as a security guard in Budapest and his main desire is to acquire Hungarian citizenship, but he keeps failing the exams that are required for his application. In preparing for the next exam, he is helped by Mari, a Hungarian woman of roughly the same age who is a history teacher. Unexpectedly the teacher and her pupil start to develop deep affection towards each other.
