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."
Acting
Ristovski's shape-shifting across five distinct, heartbreaking roles
Direction
Paskaljević balances cruelty and compassion without winking
Writing
Voltaire adaptation that actually earns its pessimism
Director
Goran Paskaljević
Lazar Ristovski
Profesor Gavrilo / Simon / Pokojni Ratomir / Gazda Pera / Aleksa Pantić
Bojana Novaković
Marina
Petar Božović
Inspektor
Nebojša Glogovac
Dr Milo Petrović
Nebojša Milovanović
Bolesni mladić
Slavko Štimac
Otac slepe devojke
Dragan Jovanović
Golub
Mira Banjac
Baba kockarka
Viktor Savić
Ilija
Danica Ristovski
Simonova žena
Boro Stjepanović
Nervozni čovek
Aleksandra Pleskonjić Ilić
Majka bolesnog mladića
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Serbia's post-Milošević reckoning; each segment mirrors different faces of national denial.
Ristovski insisted on shooting segments in strict sequence to maintain psychological continuity between characters.
RS
