When Father Was Away on Business

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When Father Was Away on Business Otac na službenom putu Отац на службеном путу

Directed by	Emir Kusturica
Produced by	Mirza Pasic
Written by	Abdulah Sidran
Starring	Moreno D'E Bartolli Miki Manojlović Mirjana Karanović Mustafa Nadarević Mira Furlan Davor Dujmović Predrag Laković Pavle Vujisić
Music by	Zoran Simjanović
Cinematography	Vilko Filac
Editing by	Andrija Zafranovic
Distributed by	???
Release date(s)	11 October 1985
Running time	136 min.
Language	Serbo-Croat
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When Father Was Away on Business (Serbo-Croat: Otac na službenom putu, Отац на службеном путу) is a 1985 Yugoslavian film by Serbian director Emir Kusturica. The screenplay was written by Abdulah Sidran.

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[edit] Synopsis

Set in post-World War II Bosnia during the Informbiro period, the film tells the story of a young boy whose father (played by Miki Manojlović) has been suspected of working for Cominform and sent to a labor camp after a careless remark about a political newspaper cartoon. The story is from the perspective of the boy, Malik, who is led to believe that his father is on a business trip.

The story strikingly resembles those from the epoch of Stalinism in the Soviet Union.^{[citation needed]}