Till recently a University professor, a bohemian writer, a member of Belgrade's intellectual circles and a passionate opponent of the Milosevic's regime meets the man, unknown to him, but who knows every tiny detail of his life. Man tells him a story and plot unfolds unimaginably.
Acting
Todorović and Lečić's chess match of performances.
Writing
Kovačević's devastatingly precise dialogue.
Direction
Tight, claustrophobic tension in ordinary spaces.
Director
Dušan Kovačević
Borivoje Todorović
Luka Laban
Branislav Lečić
Teodor Kraj
Nataša Ninković
Marta
Dragan Jovanović
Gipsani
Josif Tatić
Maki
Miodrag 'Miki' Krstović
Jovan Petrović
Renata Ulmanski
Tejina majka
Gorica Popović
Novinarka
Aljoša Vučković
Kelner
Sergej Trifunović
Tihi ludak
Momčilo Bajagić 'Bajaga'
Šef orkestra
Lena Kovačević
Pevačica
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Kovačević's own play written during Slobodan Milošević's regime, smuggled abroad before its Belgrade premiere.
The 'professional' of the title deliberately echoes Camus—this is Serbia's answer to The Stranger, with the state itself as Meursault.
YU
