A beautifully observed, impeccably performed piece of Chekhovian drama in which a boy, his family and society all sleepwalk through the nightmare of Yugoslavia's Titoist reformation.
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
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Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 6
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 24 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: A naive boy tells his version of why daddy couldn't stay with his family in post-WWII Yugoslavia. In reality, the child's father has gone to prison for romancing the lover of a high-ranking party member. But the boy thinks papa's away... A naive boy tells his version of why daddy couldn't stay with his family in post-WWII Yugoslavia. In reality, the child's father has gone to prison for romancing the lover of a high-ranking party member. But the boy thinks papa's away working. The difficulties and tumult experienced by this fatherless family struggling to survive on their own is a parable for and mirror of the tensions between the Soviet Union and the emerging Yugoslavian government, struggling for independence. [More]
Starring: Moreno D'E Bartolli, Miki Manojlovic, Mirjana Karanovic
Starring: Moreno D'E Bartolli, Miki Manojlovic, Mirjana Karanovic
Director: Emir Kusturica
Director: Emir Kusturica
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Reviews for When Father Was Away on Business
Karanovic turns Kusturica's tendency to make an epic out of everything he touches into something that's worth the agonies of his extended sentimentality.
Offers a revealing glimpse of life in Yugoslavia during the 1950s, a time of political transition.
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