1985 2h 16m Emir Kusturica

When Father Was Away on Business

Name: When Father Was Away on Business
Genre: Drama
Released: 1985
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Moreno de Bartoli, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović, Mirjana Karanović, Mustafa Nadarević

★ 7.7 IMDb

Drama

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.

Writers Emir Kusturica, Abdulah Sidran

Cast Moreno de Bartoli, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović, Mirjana Karanović, Mustafa Nadarević

DP Vilko Filač

Music Zoran Simjanović

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Awards & Festivals

Won FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes

Nominated International Submission to the Academy Awards

Nominated Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Won Palme d'Or

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