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Osama is bitterly honest, deeply disturbing, and utterly worth watching. Read critic reviews
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The Taliban closes down a hospital, putting a mother (Zubaida Sahar) and daughter (Marina Golbahari) who work there out of a job. Legally prohibited from going out unaccompanied by men, and having none to rely on, they hatch a desperate plan to disguise the daughter as a boy answering to the name "Osama." The ruse works for a while, but when the Taliban begins conscripting boys for their training school, Osama fears it won't be long before she is discovered.
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Rating: PG-13 (Mature Thematic Elements)
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: Pashto
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Director: Siddiq Barmark
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Producer: Siddiq Barmark, Julie LeBrocquy, Julia Fraser
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Writer: Siddiq Barmark
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Box Office (Gross USA): $1.1M
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Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Production Co: Barmark Film
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Critic Reviews for Osama
Audience Reviews for Osama
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Succeeds where Kandahar doesn't in depicting the plight of women in Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban.
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Holy cow this is not a film to watch if you want a feel-good movie! The horrible life that these women (young and old) had to endure in this country boggles the mind. It's an amazing insight on a whole entire different culture that needs to never ever flourish. Very well done film. Very depressing though.
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The first Afghan film since the fall of the Taliban, Osama is a deeply harrowing and touching movie of great historical importance set during a monstrous regime that seems to have existed centuries ago, only it hasn't been that long that it came to an end.
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Good movie, but I didn't like the way it ended. But that doesn't take away the great acting performance of Arif Herati. Her character Golbahari is told by her mother and grandmother to disguise herself as a boy so she can get a job and bring home the bacon. But in the process...she's recruited by the Taliban. Does her secret and disguise work? You'll have to watch to find out.
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