On October 23, 1956 a young boy from Budapest decides to keep a diary. He writes about the revolution. He is literally close to the fire. He collects things. Relics go into a box marked “Revolution”, shivers of glass, leaflets, newspaper cuttings, and drawings into the diary. He listens to the radio, and questions neighbors and people arriving from distant parts of town. The film brings the boy’s diary to life using the methods of animation and documentary, with the purpose of conveying as faithfully as possible the special atmosphere of the original diary.