Movie
Osama
20041h 23m7.0 / 10
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.
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Checked Sep 3, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Osama
Cast
Marina GolbahariOsamaArif HeratiAspnadi
Zubaida SaharMother
Mohammad Nadir KhwajaMullah
Nader KhwajaJadi
Malik AkhlaqiAjmalHamida RefarGrandmother
Gol Rahman GhorbandiMohammad Nabi Nawa
Credits
- Directed by
- Siddiq Barmak
- Written by
- Siddiq Barmak
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Persian
- Budget
- $46K
- Box office
- $3.9M
Production
Hubert Bals FundNetherlands
NHKJapan- LeBrocquy Fraser ProductionsIreland
- Barmak FilmAfghanistan
Makhmalbaf Film House ProductionsIran- Swipe FilmsUnited Kingdom
Themes
afghanistanforced marriagegender discriminationgirlgirl disguised as boyislamic studieskidsmother and daughter
