When Father Was Away on Business

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-10-11

Languages:

Serbian, Hungarian

Countries:

Yugoslavia

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (6127 Reviews)

Director:

Emir Kusturica

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Moreno D'E Bartolli Predrag Manojlovic Mirjana Karanovic Mustafa Nadarevic

Writer:

Abdulah Sidran

Fullplot:

Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very dangerous years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to join many arrested unfortunates. His family is now forced to cope with the situation and wait for his release from prison. The story is told from the perspective of Malik, his young son who believes the mother's story about father being "away on business".

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