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Mirage

Country: Republic of Macedonia, Language: Macedonian, 107 mins

Original Title

Iluzija
  • Director: Svetozar Ristovski
  • Writer: Svetozar Ristovski; Grace Lea Troje
  • Producer: Vasil Hristov; Svetozar Ristovski

CGiii Comment

Ristovski's debut...about a country that few know anything about.

It is a remarkable debut from a director and a country that few know anything about.

Kovacevic's performance is a tower of strength.

Beautiful and bleak.

"Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man."
Nietzsche


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The(ir) Blurb...

Marko has a poet's sensibilities in Veles, a town in war-torn Macedonia. His sister is a bully, his mom's a doormat, and his dad is a striking factory worker who drinks and plays bingo. At school, Marko is tormented by thuggish fellow students, led by the loutish Levi, the son of a police captain. Marko's teacher of Macedonian, a Bosnian, sees promise in Marko's writing and gives the lad hope that he can someday escape Veles. A chance friendship with a thief who's passing through town furthers Marko's education. Is hope a mirage? What sort of fatherland is Macedonia?

Cast & Characters

Vlado Jovanovski as Lazo / Marko's Father;
Marko Kovacevic as Marko;
Jordanco Cevrevski as Neighbor;
Elena Mosevska as Angja / Marko's Mother;
Slavica Manaskova as Fanny / Marko's Sister;
Mustafa Nadarevic as Teacher;
Martin Jovchevski as Levi;
Nikola Hejko as Chernobyl;
Kiril Gravcev as Grafche;
Todor Jonovski as Lefko;
Ivica Mackinoski as Cviker;
Marija Sikalovska as Jasmina;
Ivica Bojkovic as Urko;
Ivica Barbarelov as Cobra;
Ivan Spasov as Romeo