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The Yugoslavian When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na Sluzbenoh Putu) takes

place in the early 1950s.


The title is a euphemism: because of the strained relationship between Yugoslavi
a and the USSR, various private citizens have disappeared in the middle of the n
ight, accompanied by the police.
One such "vanishing" individual is Miki Manojlovic, the father of 6-year old Mor
eno D'E Bartolli, from whose viewpoint this story is told When Manojlovic,
an employee in the labor ministry is whisked away to prison, his family reacts w
ith pride, assuring one and all that he is "away on business" because of his fer
vent political beliefs.
The sad truth: Manojlovic has ended up behind bars because of his sexual peccadi
lloes.
The film details the tribulations of a fatherless family struggling to cope with
the financial deprivations of Communism.
Director Emir Kusturica won the Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm award for his w
ork on When Father Was Away on Business.

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