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When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Directed by Emir Kusturica
Drama · 2h 16m
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.
Cast
M
Moreno de Bartoli
Malik
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović
Mehmed 'Meša' Zolj, otac
Mirjana Karanović
Senija 'Sena' Zolj, majka
Mustafa Nadarević
Zijah 'Zijo' Zulfikarpašić
Mira Furlan
Ankica Vidmar
Predrag Laković
Kućepazitelj Franjo
Pavle Vuisić
Muzafer Zulfikarpašić, dedo
Slobodan Aligrudić
Ostoja Cekić
Eva Ras
Ilonka Petrović
A
Aco Gjorčev
Dr. Jevgeni Ljahov
Emir Hadžihafizbegović
Fahro Zulfikarpašić
Zoran Radmilović
Brko Pilot
Crew
- Director
- Emir Kusturica
- Writer
- Abdulah Sidran
- Director of Photography
- Vilko Filač
- Original Music Composer
- Zoran Simjanović
- Editor
- Andrija Zafranović
- Producer
- Mirza Pašić
Details
- Original title
- Otac na službenom putu
- Release date
- 1985-01-15
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- SH
- Spoken languages
- Serbo-Croatian
- Countries
- Yugoslavia
- Production
- Forum Sarajevo, Centar film, Sutjeska film