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  • 2006
  • Picture This! Entertainment
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 2006
  • Picture This! Entertainment
  • 1 h 47 m

Summary Tortured by a tumultuous home life and school bullies, young Marko finds hope when his teacher encourages him to enter a poetry competition in Paris. But when the teacher cowers before the same bullies and eventually dashes the boy's hopes and dreams, Marko seeks guidance from another role model: a mercenary who tells him in life one mus...

Directed By: Svetozar Ristovski

Written By: Grace Lea Troje, Svetozar Ristovski

  • 2006
  • Picture This! Entertainment
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 2006
  • Picture This! Entertainment
  • 1 h 47 m

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Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
61
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Tortured by a tumultuous home life and school bullies, young Marko finds hope when his teacher encourages him to enter a poetry competition in Paris. But when the teacher cowers before the same bullies and eventually dashes the boy's hopes and dreams, Marko seeks guidance from another role model: a mercenary who tells him in life one mus...

Directed By: Svetozar Ristovski

Written By: Grace Lea Troje, Svetozar Ristovski

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
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13% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
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25% Mixed
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13% Negative
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80
Superbly modulated yet unrelentingly grim, Mirage builds upon a remarkable performance from young Macedonian newcomer Marko Kovacevic to tell the tragic tale of a talented schoolboy driven to violence through neglect and manipulation.
By Eddie Cockrell FULL REVIEW
75
You just know that any film that opens with Nietzsche's aphorism about hope being an evil that only prolongs the torments of man isn't going to a comedy.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
70
Marko's story is far from novel, but its wicked evocation of hopelessness transcends any familiarities.
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63
Ristovski needs us to feel his nation's torment, and he succeeds.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
60
Mr. Ristovski's story (written with Grace Lea Troje) feels a bit underdeveloped, partly because he uses too many lingering, silent shots of Marko and doesn't give the boy much of a voice.
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50
Ristovski wants the plight of a bullied moppet to serve as a sweeping metaphor for Macedonian struggle, but his miserablist excesses have the effect of converting realism into a graphic cartoon.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
38
Drab, despairing and pointless.
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60% Negative
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Production Company Small Moves
Release Date Mar 17, 2006
Duration 1 h 47 m
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Awards

Avanca Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Anchorage International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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