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The Optimists

2006· 1h 38m

Drama

Directed by Goran Paskaljević

6.7/ 10

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Overview

Five scenarios in which people have trouble distinguishing truth from illusions. Each segment reflects the motto of Voltaire's Candide: "Optimism is insisting everything is good, when everything is bad."

Cast

Lazar Ristovski

Lazar Ristovski

Profesor Gavrilo / Simon / Pokojni Ratomir / Gazda Pera / Aleksa Pantić

Bojana Novaković

Bojana Novaković

Marina

Petar Božović

Petar Božović

Inspektor

Tihomir Arsić

Pipović

Nebojša Glogovac

Nebojša Glogovac

Dr Milo Petrović

Nebojša Milovanović

Nebojša Milovanović

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