when father was away for business (1985)
Original title: otac na službenom putu
Production: Croazia|128 min|
Comedy, Dramatic, Political
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
Golden Globe 1986 - nomination migliore film straniero
Direction
Emir Kusturica: regista
Production and Screenplay
Abdulah Sidran: sceneggiatore
Mirza Pasic: produttore
Characters and Interpreters
Mesa
Predrag Miki Manojlovic(età:35)
Malik
Malik, il bambino
mehmed-mesa zolj, il padre
Predrag Miki Manojlovic(età:35)
Sena
Mirjana Karanovic(età:28)
senija sena zolj, la madre
Mirjana Karanovic(età:28)
Zijo
Mustafà Nadarevic(età:42)
zijah zijo zulfikarpašic, lo zio
Mustafà Nadarevic(età:42)
ankica vidmar
Mira Furlan(età:30)
fratello di Malik
Davor Dujmovic(età:16)
il nonno
Pavle Vuisic(età:59)
franjo
Predrag Lakovic(età:56)
ginnasta
muzafer zulfikarpašic
Pavle Vuisic(età:59)
amico di Malik
ostoja cekic
dr. evgeni liakhov
masha liakhov
fahro zulfikarpašic
mirza malkoc
Davor Dujmovic(età:16)
ilonka petrovic
Eva Ras(età:44)
nataša petrovic
serjoža petrovic
brko pilot
hamdo malkoc, barber
Technical staff
Zoran Simjanovic: musiche
Andrija Zafranovic: montatore
Vilko Filac: direttore della fotografia
Divna Jovanovic: scenografo
Predrag Lukovac: scenografo
Vera Mihic: scenografo