Osama

Mar 24, 2004

1h 23m

★ 7.0

To save her family a girl must become a boy

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Hubert Bals Fund

NHK

LeBrocquy Fraser Productions

Barmak Film

Makmalbaf Film House

Swipe Films

Osama Trailers

Cast

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Marina Golbahari

Espandi

Arif Herati

Mother

Zubaida Sahar

Mullah

Mohammad Nadir Khwaja

Jadi

Nader Khwaja

Ajmal

Malik Akhlaqi

Hamida Refar

Gol Rahman Ghorbandi

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