Mirage

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
634 Views


Dad's drunk again.

Aren't you ashamed of yourself?

You bloody drunk.

-Do you know what time it is?

-I hope you f***ing die,

-Stinking peasant!

- Traitor!

Stray dog,

-Die you communists!

I wish you'd all die!

F***ing idiot!

Shame on you.

You beast!

F*** you, too!

Shame on you for not celebrating

your Motherland's birthday.

Shame on you!

I'm calling the

police!

Maybe you celebrate

Russian holidays?

Why don't you f***ing

go to China? To China.

Now you'll see, you crazy bastard.

-Rat!

-Bastard!

Communist!

Anthem!

Hello? Get me the police!

Bastard, bastard!

(anthem) Today there's a new

sun rising over Macedonia...

Fanny, I really have to go.

-F*** off!

-Can someone answer the phone?

-Can someone answer, it's

probably Dimche,

Marko, get the phone.

Hello?

Just a minute.

Fanny, it's for you.

Hello...

Strike? What strike?

It's for you...

Marko get the f*** out.

How dare you lie to me, piss boy?

-Yes Sir?

-You stupid!

Why would I want to

eat that sh*t everyday,

you f***ing idiot?

They stole everything

from the people...

Even their brains.

Lazo was and will be.

We're gonna throw stones at them...

They're gonna burn in hell.

Where's your money?

-I don't have any.

You don't have any?

What do you eat in school then?

- Sandwich.

What sandwich?

Don't give me that.

Don't look at me,

don't look at me.

Next time bring money.

No money, no school.

Get the f*** out of here.

I don't want to see your face.

-Where am I going to get

money?

Look, it's Marko, Suckhole!

Cvetanka... A

Jovanka... B

Stefan... E

Jasmina... A

Jovanka... C

Ahmeti... A

Jovica...

Jovica...

Jovica...

Jovica!

F*ggot!

Quiet.

Thieves, thieves.

(chanting)

Mom, do you know who's got the

best mark in school?

What are you doing here, f*ggot?

Get out!

Remember when the Russians

drew the line with the Americans...

To here and no further.

They think they can f*** with us.

Americans think this is

the Wild West.

Russia is a civilization,

it has culture.

-Okay Chernobyl,

you know, we're friends...

-lf Russians have a culture...

-Then why is their

country screwed?

Gorbachev was an American spy.

Shut the f*** up.

You are stubborn like

a deaf man with bagpipes.

You don't understand,

it's all propaganda.

-In America there's worse

poverty than in Russia.

Milosevic was an

American spy too.

Shut the f*** up, I've had it

with your Milosevic.

Go get us drinks

and a pop for the boy

Sit down, son.

Mommy said that's

enough for tonight.

You'll have to wait,

Momma's boy,

I'm not going home

till I get Bingo.

-Saddam Hussein was an

American spy as well.

This guy is not normal, not

normal, he's mental.

Don't move the ball...

Stop jinxing me.

God damn it.

Cheers.

He's been jinxing me

all night.

-You just don't know

how to play.

Marko, there's something

I want to tell you...

You can do whatever

you want in life,

but son...

just don't be a rat.

Marko, do you get it?

Hey Nerd, Nerd!

You suck c*cks, suck c*cks!

Marko. Come read your work.

-Elvis Presley

Quiet.

"My Friend from Another Planet"

That night I couldn't sleep

so I went out to watch the stars,

the sky was black and

full of twinkling lights,

And where do you

think you're going, Spaceman?

Come on, f*ggot.

Where do you think you're going

There's nowhere to go.

Is that clear?

There is no escaping us.

Is that clear?

Nowhere to run.

I'm gonna f*** your

Mother in the ass.

I'm gonna kick the

life out of you.

You understand, beast?

Time for some fresh air.

Here you are, Suckhole.

F*** you, f***ing sh*t. Scum.

I'm gonna f*** your

sisters in the ass.

-Fascists.

We should throw rocks at them.

-Get rid of them.

Please leave peacefully,

Everything will be okay,

-Thieves, thieves!

Let's be reasonable,

we can negotiate,

Please save me

from them.

-One turtle:
. 2 euros,

Do not mess with that.

Turtles are not for eating.

It'll curse you.

They are a delicacy,

good for soup.

You don't mess with those things.

Do you know how they

make turtle soup?

Put a finger in its ass

and it'll jump in the soup.

-And in Korea they eat dogs.

-No way.

So what?

They eat people in Africa.

Turtles live 100 years, they're

older than your predecessors.

It's not like we're

going to eat them,

we're going to export them.

You try to catch

Who the f*** is this guy?

Go away, you bloody jinx!

-Put the girl back!

Oh my God. Oh my God.

I can't believe it.

Now what am I going to do?

You stupid goose,

how many times

do I have to tell you,

check the pockets?

God damn you!

I told you a 100 times,

maybe there's money, maybe some

important document.

You're nuts.

Oh God, what did I do

to deserve this?

Of all things, Angja how could

you wash the bingo ticket?

Angja, you and your

empty pumpkin.

How could you wash

the bingo ticket?

I've told you a 100 times,

check the pockets.

God damn you.

Sorry Lazo.

What sorry? Go to hell.

-Sorry Lazo.

-Go to hell.

-Lazo.

-F*** your sorry.

What sorry? It's like you

forgot that two days ago we

didn't have money to buy bread.

Ruin me.

Just sh*t on my grave

and dance on it.

And now what?

What did I do?

What did I do wrong?

-Don't piss me off.

-Don't touch me, beast.

What is this, Angja?

What this house looks like!

Is this a house or a pigsty?

You're f***ing nuts,

Do you want to play?

Check-mate.

Lenka, since Lenka left her

husband's shirt unfinished

And went to the tobacco factory

to press tobacco, her face aged,

Guys, don't hit me...

And went to the tobacco factory

to press tobacco, her face aged

Lenka was not made for that

damn tobacco, tobacco...

tobacco yellow poison...

Do you have to hit me?

Lenka was not born for that damn

tobacco damn yellow poison,

Tobacco, tobacco, yellow poison

In her chest red

flowers blossomed,

Suckhole.

Have a nice day.

Marko, I would like to talk

to you about your writing.

The French Center has a

competition for young talents.

The best candidates will

represent Macedonia in Paris.

This is a wonderful

opportunity for your talent.

We'll write a poem

for the Fatherland.

Paris.

Paris, city of art.

All artists

and poets lived there.

It's a city of ideas,

a city of lights.

The city of lights!

Even Kosta Racin, if they

hadn't shot him so young,

would have lived in Paris.

This book was my Bible

when I was your age.

You know Marko, I was also

writing when I was younger.

It will help your writing.

Read it and then we'll talk.

Thank you.

Turn off the light, nerd,

I want to go to sleep.

Turn off the light, f*ggot,

can't you see I want to sleep?

-Fanny, I've got to study.

-I don't care, turn it off.

Are you challenging me?

Turn it off.

I told you to turn it off. Are

you challenging me, you sh*t?

Go in the living room,

go outside, go f*** yourself.

Birds, screams.

Kingdom, freedom...

Brave, grave...

Stop your jerking off in there,

your hair will fall out,

Open up!

Shame on you,

You're killing your mother,

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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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