Yasmina Reza: BELLA FIGURA

"Bella figura" is a typical civil conversational play, also typical for its author. She writes precisely in the manner in which better quality civil theatrical plays have been written in the past 150 years in Europe and later on in America, not adding to it any new elements. It is warmly accepted if it is made out of good material and in a nice manner. The only differences, that can be observed starting with Ibsen?s Nora, is that women started to become equally important protagonists and that in the meantime various "magic" pills have been invented that contemporary characters regularly stuff themselves with on the stage. In this play, five protagonists run into each another. Literally. In front of a more expensive restaurant. A middle-aged married couple and another one, accompanied by a mother-in-law.

Lije?ević made an intelligent choice of actors. I would say that they all love their roles, which is evident in their acting. They feel that they can present the given mask well. Successfully. In only 80 minutes, very precisely, in a sharp beat and with a number of ornamented details, he managed to shine a light from different perspectives on five characters from the "Bella figura" play by Yasmine Reze (born 1959), contemporary French playwright which is also known in our country.