Movie·2004·1h 23m
Osama
To save her family a girl must become a boy
Country
Afghanistan
Language
Hungarian
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// overview
The Story
After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a preteen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.
Producer
Siddiq Barmak, Julie LeBrocquy
Cinematography
Ebrahim Ghafori
Music
Mohammad Reza Darvishi
Editor
Siddiq Barmak
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Marina Golbahari
Osama
Arif Herati
Aspnadi
Zubaida Sahar
Mother
Mohammad Nadir Khwaja
Mullah
Nader Khwaja
Jadi
Malik Akhlaqi
Ajmal
Hamida Refar
Grandmother
Gol Rahman Ghorbandi
Mohammad Nabi Nawa
Mohammad Nabi Nawa
Milk Man
Amin Nadem
Son of Sick Old Man
Eli Jaan
Sick Old Man
Elza Bogova
Foreign Female
Gholaam Sekhi Sedighi
Poor Man
Henry Jordan
Male Foreign Reporter
Najibeh Hamdard
Mullah's Wife
Nahid Refaah
Mullah's Wife
Bibi Khan Anaa
Mullah's Wife
Navaab Khan
Judge
// crew
Crew
Siddiq Barmak
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Julie LeBrocquy
Producer
Julia Fraser
Producer
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Executive Producer
Ebrahim Ghafori
Director of Photography
Makoto Ueda
Producer
Mohammad Reza Darvishi
Original Music Composer
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