Perišić, Nikola (2024) CRITIQUE OF SLOBODAN MILOŠEVIĆ’S RULE IN SERBIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY: A CASE STUDY OF THE FILM “THE PROFESSIONAL”. In: Film and Politics. Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade, pp. 363-380. ISBN 978-86-7419-388-4

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Abstract

Artists most often find inspiration for their works in var�ious social and political phenomena surrounding them. Hitler himself recognized the immense power that film could wield as a propaganda tool, a sentiment later per�fected by other authoritarian leaders after the conclu�sion of World War II. Even the former Yugoslavia was not exempt from this influence. Simultaneously, movies often served as a cry, for dissidents who aimed to high�light social and political anomalies. In many Serbian movies of the last decade of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century, the political situation in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia was addressed. Artists frequently criticized the low level of democracy and freedom in our country through allusive elements and indirect means. Nevertheless, one movie stands out from the others as it directly addressed all the political events that marked the 1990s, namely “Profesionalac” („The Professional“). The movie is enriched with au�thentic footage from all protest rallies organized against Slobodan Milošević since 1991. It’s worth saying that one of the main roles in this film is played by Branislav Lečić, who portrays the character of Theodor Teya Kray, a professor of the Faculty of Philosophy, fighting against Slobodan Milošević’s regime. Branislav Lečić was also a real participant in all these protests, which facilitated the incorporation of documentary footage that comple�mented the movie itself. The aim of the work is to show which of the negative aspects of Slobodan Milošević’s regime were prersented directly and which were pre�sented indirectly.

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