While juggling a construction job and a busy audition schedule, he dreams of re-launching an old televised stage show that made him famous in his homeland.

When he is cast in a role that triggers recollections of the civil war, he is forced to reconcile his current reality with memories of his past success.

Geljo was a successful actor in pre-war Sarajevo, and was part of a wildly popular televised stage show Audicija (The Audition).

[4] The Globe and Mail's Barry Hertz praised the film, writing "It's heavy material, but handled with enough sincerity and dexterity by Drljaca – and anchored by Geljo's tremendous lead performance – that its weight is more poignantly impactful than fatally crushing.

"[5] NOW Magazine's Norman Wilner was less enthused, writing "There’s a stark beauty to Roland Echavarria’s imagery, and Geljo clearly knows his frustrated, melancholy character inside out, but a few ill-advised choices let the air out of The Waiting Room in its final movement.