The Optimists (Optimisti) 18 years old

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."

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The Optimists Cast

Name Character
Bojana Novakovic She was 24, now 43 years old as Marina
Slavko Štimac He was 45, now 64 years old as Otac slepe devojke
Nebojša Glogovac He was 37, 48 years old when he died as Dr Milo Petrović
Petar Božović He was 60, now 78 years old as Inspektor
Lazar Ristovski He was 53, now 72 years old as Profesor Gavrilo / Simon / Pokojni Ratomir / Gazda Pera / Aleksa Pantić
Lazar Milošević as Mali Dimitrije
Ivan Bekjarev He was 60, now 78 years old as Šef kazina
Ivan Zarić He was 33, now 51 years old
Dragan Jovanović He was 40, now 59 years old as Golub
Mira Banjac She was 76, now 95 years old as Baba kockarka
Olga Odanović She was 48, now 66 years old
Branko Vidaković He was 47, now 65 years old
Miodrag Krstović He was 56, now 74 years old
Tihomir Arsić He was 49, now 67 years old as Pipović
Viktor Savić He was 23, now 41 years old as Ilija
Ratko Miletić
Vlastimir Velisavljević He was 80, now 98 years old
Radivoj Knežević
Milan Tomić He was 33, now 51 years old as Bolničar
Ivan Klemenc
Lidija Stevanović She was 48, now 66 years old as Perina žena
Dragomir Pešić
Radoje Čupić He was 48, now 66 years old
Jovan Ristovski He was 50, now 68 years old
Gordana Marić She was 50, now 68 years old as Ilijina majka
Tomislav Trifunović He was 59, now 77 years old
Jana Nenadović
Veselinka Plahin
Dušan Janićijević He was 51, 56 years old when he died
Ljubica Lukač
Vladimir Jevtović He was 59, 66 years old when he died as Ilijin stric
Kalina Kovačević She was 22, now 41 years old
Boro Stjepanović He was 60, now 78 years old as Nervozni čovek
Dejan Petošević
Aleksandra Pleskonjić
Bora Nenić
Milinko Lomić-Šućur
Nebojša Milovanović He was 32, now 50 years old as Bolesni mladić
Danica Ristovski She was 50, now 69 years old as Simonova žena
Milorad Kapor as Kockar

The Optimists Crew

Name Department
Goran Paskaljević as Director. He was 59 (now 77) years old Directing
Goran Paskaljević as Screenplay. He was 59 (now 77) years old Writing
Vladimir Paskaljević as Screenplay. He was 32 (now 50) years old Writing
The Optimists poster
The Optimists (18 years)

  • Release day: Friday, September 29, 2006
  • Runtime: 98 minutes