When Father Was Away on Business

Name: When Father Was Away on Business
Director: Emir Kusturica
Genre: Drama
Released: 1985-01-15
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 7.321
Cast: Moreno de Bartoli, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović, Mirjana Karanović, Mustafa Nadarević, Mira Furlan

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When Father Was Away on Business

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Status

Released

Production

Forum Sarajevo

Aired

1985-01-15

When Father Was Away on Business

In a post-WWII Yugoslavia still under Stalinist rule in the 1950s, six-year-old Malik is oblivious as to why his father, Mehmed, has suddenly disappeared. In truth, Mehmed has been sent to a labor camp as punishment for acts of sexual indiscretion involving young girls. Malik's mother, Senija, however, has no answers, and the family must cope in the father's absence.

Drama