When Father Was Away on Business

When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na slu?benom putu), 1985 is a film by Serbian director Emir Kusturica. The screenplay was written by Abdulah Sidran.

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1985 - Film - Serbia - Director - Emir Kusturica - Screenplay - Abdulah Sidran

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Set in post-World War II Bosnia, during the Informbiro period, the film is a story of a young boy whose father (played by Predrag Miki Manojlovi?) has been suspected of working for Cominform and sent to a labor camp for 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.

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World War II - Informbiro period - Predrag Miki Manojlovi? - Cominform - Perspective

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The story strikingly resembles those from the epoch of Stalinism in the Soviet Union.

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Stalinism - Soviet Union

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The film unexpectedly won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival (1985) and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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The cast includes Mira Furlan, better known outside the former Yugoslavia for her role in the 1990s American television series Babylon 5.

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Mira Furlan - 1990s - Babylon 5

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