The Optimists(2006)
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."
Movie: The Optimists
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Profesor Gavrilo / Simon / Pokojni Ratomir / Gazda Pera / Aleksa Pantić
Marina
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Dr Milo Petrović
Bolesni mladić
Otac slepe devojke
Golub
Baba kockarka
Ilija
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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."
Release Date
2006-09-29
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6.65
Rating:
3.3 startsTagline
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Languages:
Srpski
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