Osama poster
Home / Movies / Osama

Osama

200483 min 7.0 TMDBIMDb ↗Released

“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.

Watch now Trailer
Release / first air2004-03-24
Original languageFA
GenresDrama
DirectorSiddiq Barmak
WriterSiddiq Barmak
Budget$46,000
Revenue$3,910,519
ProductionHubert Bals Fund, NHK

Cast & Crew

Meet the people behind the story.

10 cast members
Marina GolbahariMarina GolbahariOsama
Arif HeratiArif HeratiAspnadi
Zubaida SaharZubaida SaharMother
Mohammad Nadir KhwajaMohammad Nadir KhwajaMullah
Nader KhwajaNader KhwajaJadi
Malik AkhlaqiMalik AkhlaqiAjmal
Hamida RefarHamida RefarGrandmother
Gol Rahman GhorbandiGol Rahman GhorbandiMohammad Nabi Nawa
Mohammad Nabi NawaMohammad Nabi NawaMilk Man
Amin NademAmin NademSon of Sick Old Man

Keywords

Explore films by their story themes and keywords.

Explore tags →
#muslim#religious education#afghanistan#taliban#girl disguised as boy#forced marriage#kids#sharia law#mother daughter relationship#survive#women and society#veiled woman#radical islam#mother and daughter#girl#working girl#islamic studies#gender discrimination#religious extremism

More Like This

View all