Father (2020)

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

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)

Trailer

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