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Osama

Osama

★ 7.0/10•2004•1h 23m•TP•Drama

To save her family a girl must become a boy

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.

Siddiq Barmak · Director

Siddiq Barmak · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 23m
LanguageFA
Release DateMar 24, 2004
Budget$46,000
Revenue$3,910,519

Actors

Marina Golbahari

Marina Golbahari

Osama

Arif Herati

Aspnadi

Zubaida Sahar

Mother

Mohammad Nadir Khwaja

Mullah

Nader Khwaja

Jadi

Malik Akhlaqi

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

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