When Father Was Away on Business

When Father Was Away on Business
Directed by	Emir Kusturica
Written by	Abdulah Sidran
Produced by	Mirza Pašić
Starring	Moreno De Bartoli Miki Manojlović Mirjana Karanović Mustafa Nadarević Mira Furlan Davor Dujmović Predrag Laković Pavle Vujisić
Cinematography	Vilko Filač
Edited by	Andrija Zafranović
Music by	Zoran Simjanović
Production companies	Centar Film Forum Sarajevo
Distributed by	Scotia International Filmverleih (1985) (West Germany) Cannon Film Distributors (USA) (subtitled) Hollydan Works (2007-2008) (Non-US) Koch Lorber Films (2005) (USA)
Release dates	15 January 1985 (1985-01-15) (SFR Yugoslavia) 12 September 1985 (1985-09-12) (West Germany)
Running time	136 minutes
Country	Yugoslavia
Language	Serbo-Croatian
Box office	$25,053 (West Germany only) $16,131 (USA only)[1]

When Father Was Away on Business (Serbo-Croatian: Otac na službenom putu, Отац на службеном путу) is a 1985 Yugoslav film by Serbian director Emir Kusturica. The screenplay was written by the Bosnian dramatist Abdulah Sidran. Its subtitle is A Historical Love Film and it was produced by Centar Film and Forum, production companies based in Sarajevo.

Set in post-World War II Yugoslavia during the Informbiro period, the film tells the story from the perspective of a boy, Malik, whose father Meša (Miki Manojlović) was sent to a labour camp. When Father Was Away on Business won the Palme d'Or at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.