When Father Was Away on Business

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.

• Emir KusturicaDirector
• Abdulah SidranWriter
• Zoran SimjanovićOriginal Music Composer

• 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