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Mirage

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In a Macedonian town, a schoolboy (Marko Kovacevic) named Marko finds refuge from a terrible home life and attacks from bullies by keeping a low profile and hanging around the railyard. A teacher (Mustafa Nadarevic) discovers Marko's hidden talent for poetry and encourages him to enter a contest, but then a soldier (Nikola Djuricko) arrives on the scene and teaches him a more violent set of skills.

Critics Reviews

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Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 05/25/2006
Ristovski's debut feature is unremittingly grim and powerful. Go to Full Review Andrew Sarris Observer 04/05/2006
It is not often that one is confronted with a cinematic social statement so nihilistic and so devoid of hope -- not merely for an individual, but for the whole world around him. Go to Full Review Kyle Smith New York Post 03/17/2006
1.5/4
Drab, despairing and pointless. Go to Full Review Ken Fox TV Guide 03/17/2006
3/4
A tense, gripping drama that urges Macedonians to reject the empty platitudes and conflicts of the past for a bold new future vision, and succeeds showing how false hope can indeed be the opiate that keeps people from taking direct action. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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07/19/2014 Wow. What a very powerful movie. The subject matter of bullying is more prevalent today, than what it was when the movie was made. This would be a great movie to remake today, in English. I think it would be a huge hit. See more 06/17/2014 Come from Macedonia, not popular place for film, "Iluzija" or represented in English "Mirage", teach filmmaker how to create a powerful heartbreaking drama without any crying scene inside. Strong from beginning until final scene, this film succeeds describing a story about social life of pre-adolescent ; broken home, bullying, friendless, trust-crisis and hope. See more 03/31/2013 Set in Macedonia, a boy constantly bullied in school and in his own home dreams of leaving fatherland. The film's intensity gets lost in an unstoppable wave of improbability and drab fake realism. It also drags and feels soulless. See more 03/18/2013 Tragically Brilliant See more 09/19/2012 So depressing and hopeless, Mirage is strictly set on the saddening truth of the European suburbs and the life that seems to be absent in the new generation. Heartbreaking and moody. See more 06/14/2012 a very good movie , but a sudden ending and the quote that was said wasn't very powerful See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Svetozar Ristovski

Director

Mustafa Nadarevic

Teacher

Vlado Jovanovski

Lazo

Nikola Đuričko

Paris

Dejan Acimovic

Blasko

Marko Kovacevic

Marko

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Movie Info

Synopsis In a Macedonian town, a schoolboy (Marko Kovacevic) named Marko finds refuge from a terrible home life and attacks from bullies by keeping a low profile and hanging around the railyard. A teacher (Mustafa Nadarevic) discovers Marko's hidden talent for poetry and encourages him to enter a contest, but then a soldier (Nikola Djuricko) arrives on the scene and teaches him a more violent set of skills.
Director
Svetozar Ristovski
Producer
Svetozar Ristovski
Screenwriter
Svetozar Ristovski, Grace Lea Troje
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Macedonian
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Mar 17, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.5K
Runtime
1h 48m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital