The Optimists
Sep 29 2006
•2h 38m
•Drama
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
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Lazar Ristovski
Profesor Gavrilo / Simon / Pokojni Ratomir / Gazda Pera / Aleksa Pantić
Bojana Novaković
Marina
Petar Božović
Inspektor
Tihomir Arsić
Pipović
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