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Osama (2004)

To save her family a girl must become a boy

  • Drama

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.

Rating
7 / 10 (137 votes)
Release date
March 24, 2004
Runtime
1h 23m
Language
FA
Director
Siddiq Barmak
Status
Released
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Top cast

  • Marina GolbahariOsama
  • Arif HeratiAspnadi
  • Zubaida SaharMother
  • Mohammad Nadir KhwajaMullah
  • Nader KhwajaJadi
  • Malik AkhlaqiAjmal
  • Hamida RefarGrandmother
  • Gol Rahman GhorbandiMohammad Nabi Nawa
  • Mohammad Nabi NawaMilk Man
  • Amin NademSon of Sick Old Man
  • Eli JaanSick Old Man
  • Elza BogovaForeign Female

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