Marci, a teenage boy from Szeged explodes onto the internet in just a few months. Everything begins in a dorm room: under the name Pogány Induló, he starts rapping, and his unusually deep voice combined with intelligent lyrics quickly carves out a path for him. However, his musical career soon proves difficult to balance with school, and before long he finds himself in Budapest. He pours his struggles into honest, profound lyrics that rapidly grow him a devoted Gen Z fanbase. Today, tens of thousands attend his concerts, and his songs are streamed by millions. Yet alongside his success, he also faces personal and public challenges that place a heavy physical and mental burden on him. Marci sets an incredible pace—but can he keep it up?

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Tóth Olivér Márk is a journalist and documentary filmmaker. He began his career as a news editor and has been working in documentary film since 2017. As a journalist, he produces online video reports, and his work has been recognized with the Hégető Honorka Award. In 2022, he began shooting his documentary series Pogány Induló – What Would Mother Say.

Original title: Pogány Induló - Vajon mit mondana anya
Director: Tóth Olivér Márk
Cast: Szirmai Marcell, Mihálku Balázs, Szimon Edina, Szirmai Marcell György
Cinematography: Szombath Máté
Producer: Józsa László, György Lea, HBO Original
Editor: Érdi Zsófi
Hungarian Distributor: HBO Magyarország
Production company: Speak Easy Project
Colour: colour
Run Time: 73 mins