Mustafa Nadarevic,
Vlado Jovanovski,
Nikola Djuricko,
Dejan Acimovic,
Marko Kovacevic
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A young man growing up in a blighted landscape turns inside himself for comfort in this drama. Marko (Marko Kovacevic) is a 13-year-old boy growing up in war-torn Macedonia who is the constant target ... read more
DVD Release Date: July 18, 2006
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Flixster Reviews (41)
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August 17, 2007a great and powerful movie that keeps you angry and wanting vengence for the main characther. My only problem is that I felt a bit let down by the ending.
Critic Reviews
May 25, 2006
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
April 5, 2006
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
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. Full Review
March 17, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Drab, despairing and pointless.
March 17, 2006
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Marko is clearly a stand-in for an exhausted country, and the symbolism is, at times, oppressively heavy. But Ristovski needs us to feel his nation's torment, and he succeeds. Full Review
March 16, 2006
Eddie Cockrell, Variety
Though its downward trajectory may be obvious, the script is a marvel of clarity, economy and metaphor. Full Review
March 16, 2006
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
It's a grim look at the life of one boy in a country that, at least in Mr. Ristovski's view, seems to have nothing but grimness to offer. Full Review
March 14, 2006
Peter L'Official, Village Voice
Marko's story is far from novel, but its wicked evocation of hopelessness transcends any familiarities. Full Review
March 17, 2006
Ken Fox, TV Guide's Movie Guide
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 ... Full Review
March 12, 2006
Donald J. Levit, ReelTalk Movie Reviews
The social situation at the heart of 'Mirage/Iluzija' is so fraught with political implication that the film hits on both levels. Full Review
March 8, 2006
Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
Svetozar Ristovski drags the corpse of Billy Elliott through sewer water in his appropriately titled Mirage--the film is so unreal, only a starved and weak-kneed cinesnob will be suckered in by it. Full Review
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