When Father Was Away on Business
15/01/1985
2h 16m
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.
Cast
Moreno de Bartoli
Malik
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović
Mehmed 'Meša' Zolj, otac
Mirjana Karanović
Senija 'Sena' Zolj, majka
Mustafa Nadarević
Zijah 'Zijo' Zulfikarpašić
Mira Furlan
Ankica Vidmar
Predrag Laković
Kućepazitelj Franjo
Pavle Vuisić
Muzafer Zulfikarpašić, dedo
Slobodan Aligrudić
Ostoja Cekić
Eva Ras
Ilonka Petrović
Aco Gjorčev
Dr. Jevgeni Ljahov
Emir Hadžihafizbegović
Fahro Zulfikarpašić
Zoran Radmilović
Brko Pilot
Jelena Čović
Nataša
Tomislav Gelić
Berberin Hamdo
Davor Dujmović
Mirza Malkoč, brat
Amer Kapetanović
Silvija Marijanović Puharić
Zaim Muzaferija
Predsjednik
Božidarka Frajt
Doktorova žena
Haris Burina
Ostojin šofer
Siniša Dugarić
Milijana Zirojević
Dimitrije Vujović
Vejsil Pećanin
Jasmin Geljo
Nebojša Šurlan
Fahrudin Ahmetbegović
Aleksandar 'Saša' Zurovac
Mirsad Zulić
Saša Petrović
Kum (uncredited)
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