The Optimists

6.7 (10 votes)• 2006• 98m•Released

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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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Languages: Serbian

Director: Goran Paskaljević

Starring Cast: Lazar Ristovski, Bojana Novaković, Petar Božović, Tihomir Arsić, Nebojša Glogovac, Nebojša Milovanović

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