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Film / 1985
When Father Was Away on Business
Directed by
Emir Kusturica
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Moreno de BartoliMalik
Predrag 'Miki' ManojlovićMehmed 'Meša' Zolj, otac
Mirjana KaranovićSenija 'Sena' Zolj, majka
Mustafa NadarevićZijah 'Zijo' Zulfikarpašić
Mira FurlanAnkica Vidmar
Predrag LakovićKućepazitelj Franjo
Pavle VuisićMuzafer Zulfikarpašić, dedo
Slobodan AligrudićOstoja Cekić
Eva RasIlonka Petrović
Aco GjorčevDr. Jevgeni Ljahov
Emir HadžihafizbegovićFahro Zulfikarpašić
Zoran RadmilovićBrko Pilot
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Jelena ČovićNataša
Tomislav GelićBerberin Hamdo
Davor DujmovićMirza Malkoč, brat
Amer Kapetanović
Silvija Marijanović Puharić
Zaim MuzaferijaPredsjednik
Božidarka FrajtDoktorova žena
Haris BurinaOstojin šofer
Siniša Dugarić
Milijana Zirojević
Dimitrije Vujović
Vejsil Pećanin
Jasmin Geljo
Nebojša Šurlan
Fahrudin Ahmetbegović
Aleksandar 'Saša' Zurovac
Mirsad Zulić
Saša PetrovićKum (uncredited)
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