Osama
2003, Film, 83 min, Drama, Persian, Afghanistan, MoviePedia score 69
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.
Directed by Siddiq Barmak
Cast
- Marina Golbahari as Osama
- Zubaida Sahar as Mother
- Khwaja Nader as Mullah
- Mohamad Aaref Haraati as Aspnadi
- Hamida Refah as Grandmother
- Gul Rehman Ghorbandi as Mohammad Nabi Nawa
- Mohammad Nabi Nawa as Milk man
- Amin Nadem as Son of sick old men
- Eli Jaan as Sick old men
- Elza Bogova as Foreign Female
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