Late 1980s, in a small industrial town behind the Iron Curtain, Laci Rácz is the golden boy everyone admires. Gifted, handsome and endlessly successful, he seems destined for greatness. A champion athlete, a local celebrity and a natural alpha, he moves through life convinced that the rules apply to everyone except him.

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As success becomes routine, Laci begins to crave bigger risks and stronger thrills. He starts dealing in scarce Western goods, enjoys his growing reputation, and becomes involved with the daughter of the town’s powerful Party Secretary. What begins as youthful arrogance gradually turns into a dangerous illusion of invincibility.

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Set against the fading years of Communist Hungary, Golden Boy is a character-driven coming-of-age thriller about privilege, ambition and the hidden cost of always winning. It asks a simple question: what happens when someone who has never learned his limits is finally forced to face them?

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