Thousands of people march through Belgrade to Djindjic’s funeral in 2003 © Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP
The formula has proven to be a powerful mix, with 70-year-old Belgrade resident Biljana Cubrilo saying the show brought back memories too painful to bear.
“I couldn’t bring myself to relive those horrible moments,” she told AFP.
The show’s writers went through thousands of pages of court documents about Djindjic’s murder, zeroing in on links between officials, security services and the criminal underworld.
“Our goal was to present a version of events supported by clear evidence,” said co-writer Goran Stankovic.
“Reading their testimonies, often devoid of empathy, was deeply disturbing,” he added.
News coverage from the time is also a major focus of the series, showing its role as a key influence on events.
For younger viewers with no memory of Djindjic or the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s — a subject that remains taboo in many parts of Serbia — the series has been an eye-opener.
“I felt torn… he was a man who tried to set things right,” Vuk Randjic, a 21-year-old student in Belgrade, told AFP.
“But because of the entire system, he couldn’t carry out the vision he had.”
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