The Optimists

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The Optimists

2006

1h 38m

6.3(8 votes)

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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."

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40 members

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Lazar Ristovski

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

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Bojana Novaković

Marina

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Petar Božović

Inspektor

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Tihomir Arsić

Pipović

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Nebojša Glogovac

Dr Milo Petrović

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Nebojša Milovanović

Bolesni mladić

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Slavko Štimac

Otac slepe devojke

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Dragan Jovanović

Golub

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Mira Banjac

Baba kockarka

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Viktor Savić

Ilija

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Lazar Milošević

Mali Dimitrije

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Danica Ristovski

Simonova žena

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Vladimir Jevtović

Ilijin stric

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Boro Stjepanović

Nervozni čovek

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Aleksandra Pleskonjić Ilić

Majka bolesnog mladića

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Ivan Bekjarev

Šef kazina

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Gordana Marić

Ilijina majka

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Milorad Kapor

Kockar

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Miodrag 'Miki' Krstović

Stariji policijski inspektor

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Olga Odanović

Žena kojoj je nestala tašna

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Milan Tomić

Bolničar

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Dušan Janićijević

Starac u autobusu

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Kalina Kovačević

Devojka u autobusu

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Jovan Ristovski

Gospodin u autobusu

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Ljubica Lukač

Unknown Role

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Бора Ненић

Srčani bolesnik

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Ivan Zarić

Mlađi policijski inspektor

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Branko Vidaković

Pijanac

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Tomislav Trifunović

Simonov bivši kolega

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Vlastimir Velisavljević

Kućepazitelj

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Radoje Čupić

Čovek u kafani

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Lidija Stevanović

Perina žena

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Dragomir Pešić

Unknown Role

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Radivoj Knežević

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Dejan Petošević

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Ratko Miletić

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Milinko Lomić-Šućur

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Jana Nenadović

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Veselinka Plahin

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Ivan Klemenc

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