Osama

Osama

  • Director: Siddiq Barmak
  • Countries of origin: Afghanistan, Ireland, Japan, Iran, Netherlands
  • Language: Dari, Pashtu, English, French, Arabic
  • Release date: June 27, 2003
  • Runtime: 1 hour 23 minutes
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: 少女奧薩瑪
  • "Osama" is a drama film directed by Siddiq Barmak and starring Marina Gulbahari, Zubhar Sahar and Ali Haradi. It was released in Afghanistan on June 27, 2003.
    The film tells the story of 12-year-old Osama, a 12-year-old girl who disguises herself as a man to work during the Taliban rule in Afghanistan.

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    Details

    • Release date June 27, 2003
    • Filming locations Kabul, Afghanistan
    • Production companies Barmak Film, LeBrocquy Fraser Productions, NHK

    Box office

    Budget

    $46,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,270,904

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $51,969

    Gross worldwide

    $3,910,519

    Movie reviews

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    • By Adeline 2022-11-08 17:57:21

      When freedom no longer needs a declaration

      The film "Osama" tells the story of Afghanistan under the terror of the Taliban, where adult men are killed in the war against Russia. The women were all widows and were not allowed to work and thus had no means of subsistence. At the same time, no part of their body may be exposed, and personal freedom has been restricted to the greatest extent. The opening scene is a demonstration of a group of widows, holding signs that read "It's not political, we're hungry, we need work." Masked women,...

    • By Laverne 2022-11-08 14:27:56

      crying polka

      It's a story about Osama, about a teenage girl who turns into a boy and eventually falls back to a woman.

           "Oh God, I hope you didn't create women!"

       

                               Polka: Imprisoning women, dividing the world

          This may be the scene that makes every foreigner who is new here, curious and surprised:

          Polka, groups of polkas, some polkas Still holding the child, floating and parading in the narrow streets.

          In...

    • By Garry 2022-10-18 12:22:10

      Minutes of the Symposium after the View of Barmac's "Osama"

      Minutes of the post-viewing symposium on Barmac's work "Osama"
      / Organized by Fan Daming /

      Time: March 16, 2013 (Saturday), 11:08-11 :
      28am Henglu
      Art Cinema Barmac's work "Osama" after viewing)
      Participants: (Preface) Fan Daming, Ma Yile, Jin Aiwu, Zhou Ning, Li Haiyan, Cai Ling, Sheng Lifang, Xiang Fuying, He Ji, Lu Xin, Chen Xingsheng, Fan Dayin, Gao Lei, Ye Saijun, Wang Yuxiang (viewers: Ji Boqing, Xu Bolin, Yu Han, Zhang Aibai, etc.)
      Moderator: Fan...

    • By Elsa 2022-10-11 05:26:33

      The Film Language and Character Fate of "Osama"

      The Film Language and Character Fate of "Osama" / Van Damming /

      Poster of "Osama" by Stick Barmark (2 pieces)

    • By Jackie 2022-09-16 21:47:26

      Osama

      Afghanistan, the Taliban, Osama, these words that sound familiar but are actually unfamiliar to me, deeply attracted me to buy the DVD and couldn't wait to finish watching the film. I have to admit that I have a strong curiosity about a troubled people, and this curiosity can even be called peeping, because for such a people who are immersed in religious customs and appear wicked in the eyes of outsiders, it is It is difficult to be faced by others, and the Taliban itself has an erratic...

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    • By Kirsten 2023-09-25 13:13:56

      Damn religion, miserable life; so many miserable lives in that perverted...

    • By Emmanuel 2023-08-21 18:07:59

      Because it is unfamiliar, so cow...

    • By Roger 2023-08-04 10:57:48

      Beautiful, so...

    • By Letha 2023-07-15 11:14:36

      Slow paced feminist...

    • By 2023-05-28 12:42:05

      Afghanistan; Taliban cruelty to...

    Movie plot

    The mother is a doctor. Her husband and brother died. The dean has no money to pay her salary, but she still has a mother and daughter to support. In desperation, three generations of women discussed cutting off the little girl's hair and letting him pretend to be a boy to go out to earn money. There is no way for the mother, the mother and daughter need to eat and survive. Girls pretend to be boys to go out to work, and the Taliban...
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    "Osama" does not see the pain and bitterness of the real side of women's lives. The director deliberately arranged a 12-year-old child as the protagonist of the film. The name Osama is a name that any woman in Afghanistan can use. This section illustrates the prevalence of inhuman torture of women under the Taliban. However, there are always positive and negative sides. The United States favors the film. The important reason is that it...
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