Mirage Page #3

Synopsis: 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?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Svetozar Ristovski
Production: Picture This! Entertainment
  5 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
Year:
2004
107 min
Website
614 Views


Live in your shoes?

You're a f***ing loser!

I hate this house and I hate you!

I'm leaving, and you can rot!

-Get out, This is my house if

you don't like it you can leave!

I hate you!

I hate everything!

I'm leaving!

I can't stand to look at you anymore!

What happens to birds

when it rains?

If it rains a lot,

for years and years...

... how would they fly?

Would they learn how

to fly in the rain

or would they learn how

to live without flying?

Careful, it's hot.

-Is it good?

-Excellent.

The school council thinks it's

good for you to read your poem

at the Independence Day Celebration.

But teacher, l...

It's a fantastic

opportunity to reveal your talent.

And not only that, but you would be

representing our school.

-Bon appetit.

-Bon appetit.

To touch a piece of earth...

"Train Schedule"

Excuse me,

are there any trains to Paris?

What? Paris?

Get out of here, you punk!

Marko, where have you been?

Just walking.

-Where are you going?

-Home.

Get in. We'll drop you off.

-How is school, Marko?

-Okay.

What's new?

My Macedonian teacher told

me to write a poem about

the Fatherland. There's a

competition, and if I win

-I get to go to Paris.

-Paris?

What a writer you must be!

Kocho Ratsin II.

-I'm a little shy.

-You shouldn't be shy.

Kocho Ratsin II.

I wasn't ever asked to do

anything like that.

-What are you looking at?

-What am I looking at?

Are you normal?

Do you think I'm stupid?

Get up!

Now we'll see who's the fool!

You're a mother of

great warriors...

You are a mother of

proud sons...,

Mother, you have

great warriors...

Wait...

Fatherland, my dear,

you have great...

Fatherland, my dear,

you had great warriors...

Great warriors

you have had,

You are our proud sons...

Ah, f*** it.

Aim,

Fire, Fire, Fire,

Lock, A t ease,

Get out.

I told you to get out.

I don't want to see you

in my class again.

Get out.

F*ggot, see you after class.

Out!

Oh, here lives the F*ggot.

Let's cut off his balls.

Hey, it's the Spaceman!

Get up, what are you waiting for?

Your Mommy?

Hi Nerd, you having coffee

with the F*ggot?

F*** you, Suckhole!

Get up, get up.

There's the F*ggot.

Hey look,

it's the Bosnian p*ssy!

Running away, eh?

Little dick!

Come back

you little dickie!

Bosnian p*ssy!

(chanting)

I just wanted to...

Sit down.

You first.

What's your name?

Marko Trifunovski.

You don't look very happy.

You have a family?

I'd be better off without them.

Friends?

Check.

What did you say your

name was? I can't remember.

Marko.

Marko...

Check-mate.

What's your name?

Paris.

Paris?

-I lived in France. Marseilles.

-Really?

Nice place.

I'd like to go there.

There's no way I'm staying here.

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Svetozar Ristovski

Svetozar Ristovski (born January 26, 1972) is a Macedonian film director who now resides in Canada. His first film was the 2000 short Hunter about the psychological study of a wartime sniper. He marked his English language debut with 2010 Dear Mr. Gacy based on American serial killer John Wayne Gacy. In addition to the awards he won for Mirage, he also won the Golden Lily Award at GoEast for Joy of Life in 2002. more…

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