When Father Was Away on Business

Name: When Father Was Away on Business
Director: Emir Kusturica
Released: 1985-01-15
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Moreno de Bartoli, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović, Mirjana Karanović, Mustafa Nadarević, Mira Furlan

7.3

January 15, 1985

2h 16m

Drama

Overview

Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very dangerous, years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to join many arrested unfortunates. His family is now forced to cope with the situation and wait for his release from prison.