Regie:
Goran PaskaljevicCamera:
Milan SpasicActeurs:
Lazar Ristovski, Bojana Novakovic, Mira Banjac, Nebojsa Glogovac, Nebojsa Milovanovic, Slavko Stimac, Dragan Jovanovic, Boro Stjepanovic (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
These five stories set in contemporary Serbia reflect the atmosphere much more than the reality of the post-Milošević era – a mix of hope and lost illusions, truth and lies, fiction and real events. Thus it isn't easy to tell just who is offering selfless assistance, as in the first story, and who, on the other hand, is fishing around in the murky waters of their family's and friends' misery, as in the case of the last tale. Each one is a fragment of a mosaic, pieced together by the character of the actor Lazar Ristovski, playing five different roles, and reliably secured with an unswerving angle of vision. The director was inspired by a definition of optimism that Voltaire expressed through his Candide, namely "the mania for insisting that all is well when all is by no means well". In the spirit of this premise, the filmmakers – Goran and Vladimir Paskaljević (father and son) – moulded their human figures with comic hyperbole and a good dose of black humour. The Optimists will make the audience laugh as well as cry, because that's the way life is. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(meer)Acteurs
Lazar Ristovski
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Underground (1995)
Casino Royale (2006)
Dobro ustimani mrtvaci (2005)
Bojana Novakovic
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Seven Pounds (2008)
Sex Actually (2014)
I, Tonya (2017)
Mira Banjac
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Top je bio vreo (2014)
Lepa sela lepo gore (1996)
Balkanski špijun (1984)
Nebojsa Glogovac
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Bure baruta (1998)
Ustav Republike Hrvatske (2016)
Enklava (2015)
Nebojsa Milovanovic
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Bure baruta (1998)
Kordon (2002)
Lajanje na zvezde (1998)
Slavko Stimac
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Ko to tamo peva (1980)
Top je bio vreo (2014)
Underground (1995)
Dragan Jovanovic
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Profesionalac (2003)
Bure baruta (1998)
Crni bombarder (1992)
Boro Stjepanovic
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Sjecas li se, Dolly Bell (1981)
Most na kraju svijeta (2014)
Sve džaba (2006)
Dušan Janićijević
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Boško Buha (1978)
Vreme čuda (1989)
Pas koji je voleo vozove (1977)
Viktor Savić
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Senke nad Balkanom (2017) (serie)
Montevideo, vidimo se! (2014)
Montevideo, bog te video: Priča prva (2010)
Miodrag Krstovic
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Profesionalac (2003)
Il papa buono (2003) (Tv-film)
Lepota poroka (1986)
Danica Ristovski
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Die Brücke am Ibar (2012)
Medeni mesec (2009)
Dnevnik mašinovođe (2016)
Bora Nenic
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Die Brücke am Ibar (2012)
Ničije dete (2014)
Medeni mesec (2009)
Radivoj Knezevic
Beste films:
Besa (2009)
Đavolja varoš (2009)
Lost and Found (2005)
Lidija Stevanović
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Život je lep (1985)
Odumiranje (2013)
Optimisti (2006)
Aleksandra Pleskonjic-Ilic
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Vukovar, jedna priča (1994)
Sabirni centar (1989)
Optimisti (2006)
Branko Vidakovic
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Lepa sela lepo gore (1996)
Sedam i po (2006)
Mi nismo anđeli (1992)
Ratko Miletic
Beste films:
Andjeo čuvar (1987)
Varljivo leto '68 (1984)
Boško Buha (1978)
Kalina Kovačevic
Joegoslavië
Beste films:
Optimisti (2006)