# The Professional (2003)

> A former secret-service agent confronts the dissident writer he once tracked, forcing a bitterly comic reckoning with Serbia’s authoritarian past.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/37678

## Facts

- Runtime: 104 min
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Director: Dušan Kovačević
- Cast: Borivoje Todorović, Branislav Lečić, Nataša Ninković, Dragan Jovanović, Josif Tatić, Miodrag 'Miki' Krstović, Renata Ulmanski, Gorica Popović
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339535/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: sardonic, bleak, witty, political cinema marathon, serbian cinema discovery

## Synopsis

A surprising encounter reveals the hidden connections between two very different lives in a turbulent era.

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