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The Optimists is a film of genre Drama directed by Goran Paskaljević released in USA on 28 july 2011 with Bojana Novakovic

The Optimists (2006)

The Optimists
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Released in USA 28 july 2011
Length 1h38
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Genres Drama
Rating63% 3.195513.195513.195513.195513.19551

The Optimists (Serbian: Оптимисти) is a 2006 Serbian black comedy film directed by Goran Paskaljević. The film, presented as five unrelated narrative sequences, was inspired by Voltaire's satire, Candide. The Optimists features an ensamble cast of Serbian actors with Lazar Ristovski appearing in all five storylines.

The film premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and was subsequently screened at several other film festivals, earning multiple awards. The 51st Valladolid International Film Festival named Ristovski Best Actor, and the film won the Youth Jury Award and the Golden Spike award as the best film of the festival. The Optimists was included as part of a retrospective exhibition on director Paskaljević at the Museum of Modern Art in 2008.

Synopsis

A large flood has almost destroyed a village. A hypnotist (Ristovski) comes to the village and speaks to the destitute inhabitants. Free of charge, the hypnotist offers to lift the villagers' spirits through hypnosis. The villagers doubt the hypnotist's noble motive and accuse him of an apparent theft. The police arrest, beat, and interrogate him.

Actors

Bojana Novakovic

(Marina)
Lazar Ristovski

(Profesor Gavrilo / Simon / Pokojni Ratomir / Gazda Pera / Aleksa Pantić)
Nebojša Glogovac

(Dr Milo Petrović)
Tihomir Arsić

(Pipović)
Slavko Stimac

(Otac slepe devojke)
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