When Father Was Away on Business
| When Father Was Away on Business | |
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| Directed by | Emir Kusturica |
| Written by | Abdulah Sidran |
| Produced by | Mirza Pašić |
| Starring | Moreno De Bartoli Miki Manojlović Mirjana Karanović Mustafa Nadarević Mira Furlan Davor Dujmović Predrag Laković Pavle Vujisić |
| Cinematography | Vilko Filač |
| Edited by | Andrija Zafranović |
| Music by | Zoran Simjanović |
Production companies | Centar Film Forum Sarajevo |
| Distributed by | Scotia International Filmverleih (1985) (West Germany) Cannon Film Distributors (USA) (subtitled) Hollydan Works (2007-2008) (Non-US) Koch Lorber Films (2005) (USA) |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
| Language | Serbo-Croatian |
| Box office | $25,053 (West Germany only) $16,131 (USA only) |
When Father Was Away on Business (Serbo-Croatian: Otac na službenom putu, Отац на службеном путу) is a 1985 Yugoslav film by director Emir Kusturica. The screenplay was written by the dramatist Abdulah Sidran. Its subtitle is A Historical Love Film and it was produced by Centar Film and Forum, production companies based in Sarajevo.
Set in post-World War II Yugoslavia during the Informbiro period, the film tells the story from the perspective of a boy, Malik, whose father Meša (Miki Manojlović) was sent to a labour camp. When Father Was Away on Business won the Palme d'Or at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.