The Professional and Other Plays - Dušan Kovačević

Even though The Professional is politically oriented, it had a wonderful story, which can be the hart of any medium. The story of two people, two wills, two souls that carry within themselves tragedy, humor, hopelessness, and humanness is a universal theme. I really enjoyed it - Robert Redford The Professional, an ingenious, resonant and soulful comedy about the Communist meltdown in Eastern Europe, offers a bleakly comic and poignant picture of the ways in which people adapt, haplessly and heroically, in the grip of institutionalized oppression. In its fanciful yet oddly plausible scenario of a secret police who end up preserving the very ideas they sought to destroy, it’s also strangely hopeful - Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle A fascinating, satisfying, timely work!-Janos Gereben, The Post A funny, rueful and ultimately disturbing Serbian comedies that combine cautious optimism at the collapse of old tyrannies with a shrugging uncertainty about the future. The author echoes Kafka in his wry, fatalistic laughter…- Martin Hoyle, The Times