Osama
2004
To save her family a girl must become a boy
- Siddiq Barmak
- 1h 23m
- March 24, 2004 · Afghanistan, Iran, Ireland, Netherlands, Japan
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 24, 2004
- Original language
- Pashto
- Spoken languages
- French, English, Pushto, Persian, Hungarian
- Countries
- Afghanistan, Iran, Ireland, Netherlands, Japan
- Production
- NHK,Hubert Bals Fund,Makhmalbaf Film House Productions,LeBrocquy Fraser Productions,Barmak Film,Swipe Films
- Cast
- Marina Golbahari,Arif Herati,Zubaida Sahar,Mohammad Nadir Khwaja,Nader Khwaja,Malik Akhlaqi,Hamida Refar,Gol Rahman Ghorbandi,Mohammad Nabi Nawa,Amin Nademand 11 more
- Director
- Siddiq Barmak
- Writer
- Siddiq Barmak
- Cinematography
- Ebrahim Ghafori
- Budget
- $46,000
- Revenue
- $3,910,519
- IMDb
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