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when father was away for business (1985)

Original title: otac na službenom putu
Production: Croazia|128 min|
Comedy, Dramatic, Political
Poster of movie when father was away for business
yugoslavia in the early fifties: tito moves away from stalin. among the victims of the regime, the womanizer mesa, interned in a labor camp for spite. life goes on, followed by the dreamy gaze of the very young malik, son of man, whose mother told him that 'dad is on a business trip'. but everything passes, the pain disappears, the suffering subsides: mesa goes back into freedom and starts again to get busy with her friends. malik, innocent, continues to dream.

Festivals and awards

Direction

Emir KusturicaEmir Kusturicaregista

Production and Screenplay

Abdulah Sidransceneggiatore
Mirza Pasicproduttore

Characters and Interpreters

Malik, il bambino
mehmed-mesa zolj, il padre
Sena
senija sena zolj, la madre
Zijo
zijah zijo zulfikarpašic, lo zio
ankica vidmar
Mira FurlanMira Furlan(età:30)
fratello di Malik
il nonno
Pavle VuisicPavle Vuisic(età:59)
franjo
ginnasta
muzafer zulfikarpašic
Pavle VuisicPavle Vuisic(età:59)
amico di Malik
ostoja cekic
dr. evgeni liakhov
masha liakhov
fahro zulfikarpašic
mirza malkoc
ilonka petrovic
Eva RasEva Ras(età:44)
nataša petrovic
serjoža petrovic
hamdo malkoc, barber

Technical staff

Andrija Zafranovicmontatore
Vilko Filacdirettore della fotografia
Divna Jovanovicscenografo
Predrag Lukovacscenografo
Vera Mihicscenografo