Tabló

Karcsi a Roma policeman lives with Eva a Swede One day he is called to the scene of the murder of a wealthy trafficker named Schulter He begins to investigate the crime interrogate neighbours and suspects and untangle a complex situation one that he himself complicates even further For he is a gypsy who despite being adopted and raised by regular Hungarians has his nose rubbed in his minority status every day The film which is based on the novel by Ákos Kertész is a shrewd genre work full of dusky humour and surreal situations Tabló follows a vivid succession of strange images that eventually lead to the emergence of the central story about a charismatic police officer on a tireless quest for the truth though he must fight against virtually everyone and is just as fallible as the next person Tabló makes a statement on the issue of race and racism or indeed relations between any minority and majority