Otac na sluzbenom putu (1985)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Emir Kusturica

Writer:

Abdulah Sidran (writer)

Release Date:

11 October 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Yugoslavia | Male Nudity | Sleepwalking | Nude Bathing | Political Prisoner

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Moreno D'E Bartolli	...	Malik
Miki Manojlovic	...	Mehmed Mesa Zolj
Mirjana Karanovic	...	Senija Sena Zolj
Mustafa Nadarevic	...	Zijah Zijo Zulfikarpasic
Mira Furlan	...	Ankica Vidmar
Predrag Lakovic	...	Kucepazitelj Franjo
Pavle Vujisic	...	Dedo Muzamer
Slobodan Aligrudic	...	Ostoja Cekic
Eva Ras	...	Ilonka Petrovic
Aco Djorcev	...	Dr. Ljahaov (as Aleksandar Dorcev)
Emir Hadzihafizbegovic	...	Mladji ujak
Zoran Radmilovic	...	Pilot
Jelena Covic	...	Natasa
Tomislav Gelic	...	Berberin Hamdo
Davor Dujmovic	...	Brat Mirza

Also Known As:

Отац на службеном путу (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
Otac na sluzbenom putu - ljubavno istorijski film (Yugoslavia: Serbian title) (complete title)
Papa est en voyage d'affaires
When Father Was Away on Business (USA)

Runtime:

136 min

Country:

Yugoslavia

Language:

Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-8 | Norway:15 | Sweden:7 | USA:R | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Company:

Centar Film

Tradition, Politics, Family relations - excellent!

A Shu-fan wrote: "The Zolj family is of Jewish origin. The circumcision scene and the later bath of the boy are absolutely comical. Though in difficult time, the innocence of children is expressed in great lovely details, Malik's interest in other sex, his father's predicament… The filming location was Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, a place where the Jews and Muslims were killing each other. Kosovo is another long-stay pain. The body and soul of this region will take a long long time to restore." I just want to say that the family in the movie is not Jewish. They are Bosnian Muslim family and that is why they had a circumcision. Also, to people from ex-Yu is very clear when they hear their names. Their neighbor is Bosnian Serbian family (visible from the scene of the funeral); and Ankica is Bosnian Croatian (they are mostly Roman Catholics). Otherwise, I saw the movie 3 times in the last 15-20 years and every time I saw a different things in the movie, but overall - I just loved it! There is one thing that I have to mention - the subtitles are pretty bad and do not do the justice to the movie - they can be expressed much, much better! I am Kusturica's fan and it is too bad that we can not see more of his movies here in the US. This movie is just beautiful - political situation, family ties, relationships in ex-Yu... seen through the eyes of an innocent child. Beautiful, beautiful!