When Father Was Away on Business
19852h 16mNo ratings yet
- Drama
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.
Keywords
- loss of loved one
- 1950s
- difficult childhood
- muslim
- communism
- circumcision
- anti-communism
- yugoslavia
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 15, 1985
- Original language
- Serbian (Latin)
- Spoken languages
- serbo (CROATIAN)
- Countries
- Yugoslavia
- Production
- Cannon Group,Centar film,Forum Sarajevo,Sutjeska Film,Forum Sarajevo, Centar film, Sutjeska Film
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0089748