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When Father Was Away on Business (1985)

When Father Was Away on Business (1985)

Drama
Release Date: 1985, January 15
Directors: Emir Kusturica
Countries: Yugoslavia
Production: Forum Sarajevo, Centar film, Centar film, Sutjeska Film, Sutjeska Film
Cast: Eva Ras, Zaim Muzaferija, Saša Petrović, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović, Mirjana Karanović, Davor Dujmović, Mira Furlan, Zoran Radmilović, Emir Hadžihafizbegović, Haris Burina, Božidarka Frajt, Mustafa Nadarević

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

communism 1950s loss of loved one muslim difficult childhood anti-communism circumcision yugoslavia