Osama
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- Synopsis
- 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) ......
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- Director(s)
- Siddiq Barmak
- Distributor(s)
- United Artists
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 82 min.
Critic Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle | Carla MeyerAdd Critic to Favorites
A heartbreaking, powerful drama.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites
The movie is a rare uncensored postcard from a ruined place, a document at once depressing and hideously beautiful that sketches the real hardships of trampled people -- specifically women -- with authority and compelling simplicity. Read the full review
The New York Times | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites
Osama's unvarnished vulnerability, along with the director's combination of tough-mindedness and lyricism, prevents the movie from becoming at all sentimental; instead, it is beautiful, thoughtful and almost unbearably sad. Read the full review
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