When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
7.3(148)2h 16mJanuary 15, 1985
Emir Kusturica
Director
Abdulah Sidran
Writer
Rate
Diary
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.
