The read
A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 1,406 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In a post-WWII Yugoslavia still under Stalinist rule in the 1950s, six-year-old Malik is oblivious as to why his father, Mehmed, has suddenly disappeared. In truth, Mehmed has been sent to a labor camp as punishment for acts of sexual indiscretion involving young girls. Malik's mother, Senija, however, has no answers, and the family must cope in the father's absence.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
161 audience votes
Key crew
- Emir KusturicaDirector
- Abdulah SidranWriter
- Zoran SimjanovićOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Moreno de BartoliMalik
- Predrag 'Miki' ManojlovićMehmed 'Meša' Zolj, otac
- Mirjana KaranovićSenija 'Sena' Zolj, majka
- Mustafa NadarevićZijah 'Zijo' Zulfikarpašić
- Mira FurlanAnkica Vidmar
- Predrag LakovićKućepazitelj Franjo
- Pavle VuisićMuzafer Zulfikarpašić, dedo
- Slobodan AligrudićOstoja Cekić
- Eva RasIlonka Petrović
- Aco GjorčevDr. Jevgeni Ljahov
- Emir HadžihafizbegovićFahro Zulfikarpašić
- Zoran RadmilovićBrko Pilot
Stills
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Themes
muslimyugoslavialoss of loved onedifficult childhoodcircumcisionanti-communismcommunism1950s
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