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Osama(2004)

To save her family a girl must become a boy

7.0(135)1h 23m2004-03-24

Drama

Overview

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.

Director:: Siddiq Barmak
Writers:: Siddiq Barmak
Producers:: Siddiq Barmak, Makoto Ueda, Julia Fraser
Cinematographer:: Ebrahim Ghafori
Composer:: Mohammad Reza Darvishi
Production:: Hubert Bals Fund, NHK, LeBrocquy Fraser Productions, Barmak Film, Makhmalbaf Film House Productions, Swipe Films
Budget:: $46,000
Revenue:: $3,910,519
Status:: Released

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Cast

Marina Golbahari

Marina Golbahari

Osama

Arif Herati

Arif Herati

Aspnadi

Zubaida Sahar

Zubaida Sahar

Mother

Mohammad Nadir Khwaja

Mohammad Nadir Khwaja

Mullah

Nader Khwaja

Nader Khwaja

Jadi

Malik Akhlaqi

Malik Akhlaqi

Ajmal

Hamida Refar

Hamida Refar

Grandmother

Gol Rahman Ghorbandi

Gol Rahman Ghorbandi

Mohammad Nabi Nawa

Mohammad Nabi Nawa

Mohammad Nabi Nawa

Milk Man

Amin Nadem

Amin Nadem

Son of Sick Old Man

Eli Jaan

Eli Jaan

Sick Old Man

Elza Bogova

Elza Bogova

Foreign Female