Five scenarios in which people have trouble distinguishing truth from illusions. Each segment reflects the motto of Voltaire's Candide: "Optimism is insisting everything is good, when everything is bad."
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
1972
All Day and a Night
2020
Skin
2009
Gracie
2007
Norman
2010
Hardball
2001
Knock on Any Door
1949
Aníkúlápó
2022
Come Sunday
2018
Goodbye June
2025
