Osama
Summary:
Writer/director Siddiq Barmak makes his film debut with Osama, the first all-Afghan feature released since the end of the Taliban rule. In the early days of the regime, a young girl (Marina Golbahari) and her widowed mother (Zobeydeh Sahar) participate in a demonstration for women's right to work. When the demonstration is broken up by the Taliban, they hide out with local st... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Marina Golbahari
Khwaja Nader
Mohamad Aref Harat
Hamida Refah
Gol Rahman Ghorbandi
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Review:
The first major Afghan movie produced after the fall of the Taliban, Siddiq Barmak's Osama (2003) is not only a vital social document, but also an intense, moving film. Centering on a girl who must disguise herself as a boy to work so her family can survive, Osama mercilessly exposes the effects of the sub-human status of women under the T... Continue >>
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