When Father Was Away on Business

Name: When Father Was Away on Business
Genre: Drama
Released: 1985-01-15
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 7.3

2h 16m Serbo-Croatian

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When Father Was Away on Business

2h 16m Serbo-Croatian

★ #49,460 Drama

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

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

Writer Abdulah Sidran