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Osama

"To save her family a girl must become a boy"

70
Audience
2003 · 1h 23m
Drama
Starring Marina Golbahari · Malik Akhlaqi · Malik Akhlaqi
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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.

Box Office
$3.9M
Budget
$46K
Return
85.0x
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 27, 2004
Director
Siddiq Barmak
Producers
Siddiq Barmak, Julia Fraser, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Music
Mohammad Reza Darvishi
Studio
Hubert Bals Fund, NHK, LeBrocquy Fraser Productions, Barmak Film, Makhmalbaf Film House Productions, Swipe Films
Original Language
FA
Keywords
muslim religious education afghanistan taliban girl disguised as boy forced marriage kids sharia law mother daughter relationship survive women and society veiled woman radical islam mother and daughter girl working girl islamic studies gender discrimination religious extremism
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Marina Golbahari
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Malik Akhlaqi
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Malik Akhlaqi
Shahied (voice)

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