The Optimists (2006)

6.7/10 98 min Drama

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

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

Bojana Novaković

Marina

Petar Božović

Inspektor

Nebojša Glogovac

Dr Milo Petrović

Nebojša Milovanović

Bolesni mladić

Slavko Štimac

Otac slepe devojke

Dragan Jovanović

Golub

Mira Banjac

Baba kockarka

Viktor Savić

Ilija

Danica Ristovski

Simonova žena

Boro Stjepanović

Nervozni čovek

Aleksandra Pleskonjić Ilić

Majka bolesnog mladića

Ivan Bekjarev

Šef kazina

Gordana Marić

Ilijina majka

Milorad Kapor

Kockar

Miodrag 'Miki' Krstović

Stariji policijski inspektor

Olga Odanović

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