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The Optimists

6.720061h 38mMovieDrama

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."

DirectorGoran Paskaljević
WritersGoran Paskaljević·Vladimir Paskaljević

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Cast · Directed by Goran Paskaljević

LRLazar Ristovski
Lazar Ristovski
Profesor Gavrilo / Simon / Pokojni Ratomir / Gazda Pera / Aleksa Pantić
BNBojana Novaković
Bojana Novaković
Marina
PBPetar Božović
Petar Božović
Inspektor
TA
Tihomir Arsić
Pipović
NGNebojša Glogovac
Nebojša Glogovac
Dr Milo Petrović
NMNebojša Milovanović
Nebojša Milovanović
Bolesni mladić
SŠSlavko Štimac
Slavko Štimac
Otac slepe devojke
DJDragan Jovanović
Dragan Jovanović
Golub
MBMira Banjac
Mira Banjac
Baba kockarka
VSViktor Savić
Viktor Savić
Ilija
LM
Lazar Milošević
Mali Dimitrije
DRDanica Ristovski
Danica Ristovski
Simonova žena

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