When Father Was Away on Business

Original title: Otac na službenom putu

• 1985
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• 2h 16m
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• 18

• Drama

★ 7.3 TMDB Rating · 162 votes

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.

Director

Emir Kusturica

Release date

Jan 15, 1985

Original language

Serbian (Latin)

Origin

Serbia