Film

When Father Was Away on Business

1985 · 2h 16m · Drama

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

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.

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

Aco Gjorčev

Dr. Jevgeni Ljahov

Emir Hadžihafizbegović

Fahro Zulfikarpašić

Zoran Radmilović

Brko Pilot

Jelena Čović

Nataša

Tomislav Gelić

Berberin Hamdo

Davor Dujmović

Mirza Malkoč, brat

Amer Kapetanović

• Emir KusturicaDirector
• Abdulah SidranWriter
• Mirza PašićProducer
• Vilko FilačDirector of Photography
• Zoran SimjanovićOriginal Music Composer
• Andrija ZafranovićEditor

Release date

January 15, 1985

Status

Released

Original language

Serbian (Latin)

Runtime

2h 16m

Rated

18

Genres

Drama

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