Secret Ingredient (film)

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, 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

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

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

See also

• 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

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

• Secret Ingredient at IMDb