The Professional (2003)
- Original title
- Profesionalac
- Directed by
- Dušan Kovačević
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama
- Country
- Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 46 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A former state security agent and his target, a dissident professor, meet again years after the fall of Slobodan Milošević. Their old power struggle resurfaces as they recount the paranoid cat and mouse game that once defined their lives.
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What happens
The Professional (Serbian: Професионалац / Profesionalac) is a 2003 Serbian comedy/drama film, written and directed by Dušan Kovačević and based on his 1990 play of the same name. The film enjoys cult status and is a dark comedic retrospect of the relationship between dissenters and the State Security Service under the regime of Slobodan Milošević. It was nominated for seven awards of which it received five. It was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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