When Father was Away on Business (1985) 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. The story is told from the perspective of Malik, his young son who believes the mother's story about father being "away on business". Written by
Dragan Antulov
The main topics of discussion tonight were:
When Father was away ... is a typical Kusurica film: Rich music, wedding party and dinning table, drinking, love affair, politics, religion, fly and ...
How their Islamic traditions survived in a communist society.
How Muslim and Orthodox had been living together in former Yugoslavia with peace and even they could get married.
Story was narrated by a small boy and through his innocent eyes without any bias.
The charater of Masa, as the father.
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