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Father (2020)

Father poster
Original title
Отац
Directed by
Srdan Golubović
Genre
drama film
Country
Serbia, Germany
Runtime
2h
Rated
12
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A father from a small Serbian town walks to the capital city after social services take his children away. He fights to get them back.

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What happens

Father (Serbian: Oтац, romanized: Otac) is a 2020 Serbian film directed by Srdan Golubović. It premiered as part of the Panorama programme at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. The film is based on the true story of a man from the Serbian town of Priboj, who, after his children had been taken away from him by local social services, travelled to Belgrade on foot in order to have his children returned to him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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