Secret Ingredient (film) explained

Secret Ingredient
Director:	Gjorce Stavreski
Starring:	Blagoj Veselinov
Runtime:	104 minutes
Country:	Macedonia
Language:	Macedonian

Secret Ingredient 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

Notes and References

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