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.
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06/15/07
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... [More]
Starring: Moreno D'E Bartolli, Miki Manojlovic, Mirjana Karanovic
Director: Emir Kusturica
Reviews for When Father Was Away on Business
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03/26/09
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07/03/05
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.
07/02/05
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08/30/04
Top CriticOffers a revealing glimpse of life in Yugoslavia during the 1950s, a time of political transition.
08/22/04
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04/16/04
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