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When Father Was Away on Business
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.
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- Release
- 1985-01-15
- TMDB score
- 7.3/10
- Original language
- SH
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Yugoslavia
- Studio
- Forum Sarajevo, Centar film, Sutjeska Film
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Topicsmuslimyugoslavialoss of loved onedifficult childhoodcircumcisionanti-communismcommunism1950s