Secret Ingredient (film)

2017 Macedonian black comedy film

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Secret Ingredient

Film poster

Directed by| Gjorce Stavreski
Written by| Gjorce Stavreski
Starring| Blagoj Veselinov

Release date

* 9 November 2017 (2017-11-09) (Thessaloniki IFF)

Running time

| 104 minutes
Country| Macedonia
Language| Macedonian

Secret Ingredient (Macedonian: Исцелител, romanized: Iscelitel, lit. 'Healer') is a 2017 Macedonian black comedy[1] film directed by Gjorce Stavreski. It was selected as the Macedonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[2]

## Premise

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An underpaid train mechanic gives his father a cake made of stolen marijuana to relieve his cancer pain, but he is cornered by the criminals who are searching for their drugs and the nosy neighbors who want a recipe for the "healing" cake.

## Cast

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* Blagoj Veselinov as Vele
* Anastas Tanovski as Sazdo
* Aksel Mehmet as Dzhem
* Aleksandar Mikic as Mrsni
* Miroslav Petkovic as Koki

## See also

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* List of submissions to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Macedonian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## References

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1. ^ "Macedonian Comedy Film Finds Secret to Success". Balkan Insight. 5 January 2018.
2. ^ "Macedonia selects 'Secret Ingredient' as foreign language entry at 2019 Academy Awards". Macedonian Information Agency. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.

## External links

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* Secret Ingredient at IMDb

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Macedonian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1994–1998|

* Before the Rain (1994)
* Gypsy Magic (1997)
* Goodbye, 20th Century! (1998)

2004–present|

* The Great Water (2004)
* Kontakt (2006)
* Shadows (2007)
* I'm From Titov Veles (2008)
* Wingless (2009)
* Mothers (2010)
* Punk's Not Dead (2011)
* The Third Half (2012)
* To the Hilt (2014)
* Honey Night (2015)
* The Liberation of Skopje (2016)
* Secret Ingredient (2018)
* Honeyland (2019)
* Willow (2020)
* Sisterhood (2021)
* The Happiest Man in the World (2022)
* Housekeeping for Beginners (2023)

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