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."
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Lazar Ristovski
Profesor Gavrilo / Simon / Pokojni Ratomir / Gazda Pera / Aleksa Pantić
Known for
Underground
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Miodrag Krstović
Bojana Novaković
Marina
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Devil
I, Tonya
Petar Božović
Inspektor
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Pretty Village, Pretty Flame
Tihomir Arsić
Pipović
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The Igman March
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Nebojša Glogovac
Dr Milo Petrović
Known for
The Trap
South Wind
Nebojša Milovanović
Bolesni mladić
Also in
Juzni Vetar
Black Wedding
Slavko Štimac
Otac slepe devojke
Known for
Underground
Life Is a Miracle
Dragan Jovanović
Golub
Also in
A Holy Place
My Cousin from the Village
Mira Banjac
Baba kockarka
Known for
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
Balkan Spy
Viktor Savić
Ilija
Known for
Skinning
Montevideo, God Bless You!
Lazar Milošević
Mali Dimitrije
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Goran Paskaljević Director · Vladimir Paskaljević Writer Aleksandar Simić Composer
First release September 29, 2006 · Produced in Serbia, Spain, Switzerland · Production Wanda Visión, Zepter International
Production
Nova Film
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Wanda Visión
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Zepter International
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Swiss Effects Film GmbH
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Zillion Film
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Serbia · Spain · Switzerland
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Original title
Optimisti
Original language
Serbian
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Serbian
Release dates
Serbia · September 29, 2006
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