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      Osama

      2003, Drama, 1h 22m

      102 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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      Osama is bitterly honest, deeply disturbing, and utterly worth watching. Read critic reviews

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      Movie Info

      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.

      • Rating: PG-13 (Mature Thematic Elements)

      • Genre: Drama

      • Original Language: Pashto

      • Director: Siddiq Barmark

      • Producer: Siddiq Barmark, Julie LeBrocquy, Julia Fraser

      • Writer: Siddiq Barmark

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $1.1M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

      • Production Co: Barmark Film

      Cast & Crew

      Gul Rahman Ghorbandi
      Siddiq Barmark
      Akbar Meshkini
      Kaveh Moeinfar
      Homayon Paeiz
      Mirvais Rekab
      Razi Mohebi
      Ebrahim Ghafuri
      Reza Sheakhi
      Mehdi Amiri
      Vahid Ramagh

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      • Feb 06, 2012
        Succeeds where Kandahar doesn't in depicting the plight of women in Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban.
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      • Sep 05, 2010
        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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      • May 31, 2010
        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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      • Aug 24, 2009
        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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