In the past 100 years, Afghanistan has only made more than 40 films. After the fall of the Taliban, in 2002, with the help of the famous Iranian director Mak Mobaf, Afghan director Sticky Barmak directed "Osama" (also translated as "The Girl Who Raised the Veil", and was the first film after the new regime in Afghanistan. The film participated in the Cannes Film Festival in 2003, and the limelight was always there. Since then, it has won various awards, and it deserves its name. It is not so much that the film wins in the plot and creativity, but in life and sincerity. Life allows us to experience and chew There are all kinds of unspeakable tastes in reality, and sincerity must be elucidated by conscience to present the deep intention of creation, not just the reproduction of the real situation. Undoubtedly, after more than ten years of silence, this film that is rarely mentioned , both in terms of artistic level and plot development, it is a rare masterpiece.
Fright in suffering is the greatest terror, and suffering in terror is also the greatest suffering. But this kind of suffering can also move us, even though it is accompanied by helplessness, grief and pain. As Mandela said in the opening credits, "We can't forget, but we can forgive." The 13-year-old girl Osama, experienced a hellish predicament, unimaginable and thought-provoking. Osama lives with her disabled mother and grandmother because her father died in the war. The Taliban used strict teachings as an excuse to prohibit women from going out to work, but if they didn’t work, the family of three lost their source of livelihood. In desperation, her mother wanted to ask Osama to disguise herself as a man and go out to work for others. Earlier, a demonstration of veiled women taking to the streets to demand work was suppressed by the Taliban, and little Osama witnessed the tragedy. The actions of the Taliban kept Osama in silence, but panic could not bring her a job. Her mother cut her hair short, and the cut hair was placed in a dry flower pot by Osama, like a flower that hurts the most. Under the swaying lights in the middle of the night, Osama changed into men's clothes, with a delicate and immature face, which made people more loving. Grandma hugged her soothingly and told the fairy tale "The rainbow in heaven must come after the rain, a man who dares to cross it will become a woman, and a woman who dares to cross it will become a man". The next day, my mother took her to a snack shop and found the little boss, saying that this is the daughter of your former friend, and now the family counts on her to earn money and make a living, just give me some bread. The hesitant boss agreed. Everyone knows that this is a risk of life and death.
Early in the morning, Osama, who was trembling all the way, still came. Although Espandi, the little boy who was begging for food, had blackmailed her into being a girl, he did not report it to the Taliban. She helped the boss stir a big pot of porridge, and from time to time looked at the people who came in and out of the side street. She was so frightened that she quickly retreated into the house when the Taliban passed by. The boss told her not to panic and put her in men's shoes to make her look more like a boy. When the time for prayer came, Osama followed the boss to the temple and prayed with the men. The arched butt made the Taliban behind him suspicious. At the end of her work, she was walking on the road in a panic, holding the watermelon and food delivered by her boss. A lame man followed her closely. She ran home panting, scaring her family to tear up everything that the Taliban didn't like. thing, but later found out that this was just a false alarm. Then, the Taliban took her away as a boy and put her in a large compound. The little boss thought she would be exposed, so he was so frightened that he left the snack shop and ran to Pakistan.
At the so-called base, the Taliban trained hundreds of boys in their own way, including little Espandi, who was begging for food. Osama, who was always afraid, only knew him and regarded him as a friend. He also took special care of her. When she was bullied, he always protected her everywhere. On this day, the 70-year-old Mullah taught the boy how to wash and purify the body. She wanted to avoid this level because she was bleeding from climbing a tree, but she was called by the Mullah with a smile, took off her clothes and squatted in the big Clean in a bucket. Mullah smiled and said that she looked like a bride. The boys booed and said she was like a girl and she plunged headlong into the water, but it was only a brief escape.
It can be said that misfortunes do not come singly, although Espandi always defends her and claims that she will climb the tree, which can prove that she is not a woman, but it is easy to climb up the tree and difficult to come down. Everything couldn't be clearer. The Taliban said she was indeed a girl and was taken into custody. There are many women in the prison, as well as foreign female journalists. They can only helplessly wait for the Taliban's verdict. The day of the trial finally came. First, a foreign male reporter was sentenced to death, then a foreign female reporter, and finally Osama. At this time, the old mullah came and whispered a few words to the Taliban leader, and then the leader said, "I forgive her and let the mullah take her away." She shouted not to follow the Mullah, but it was better than dying. When she got into the donkey cart drawn by the old Mullah, she didn't say a word, and only the loving grandma and mother came to mind. Locked into Mullah's mansion, she realized that there were women of all kinds and foreign women here. They all looked at the arrival of the little bride with grief, what else could they do but lament.
When night fell, the old Mullah smiled and pushed open the door, dragged the terrified Osama into the bridal chamber, and gave her the best accessories, but she just wanted to go back to her grandma and mother. But this is impossible, like a distant dream. The old Mullah said, "The bride is the fairy in the sky". Now that she is small, she is becoming his possession, and she is sure that she will not be the last. At this time, only the sound of "squeak" shaking the steel rope was heard, so cold and harsh, yet so deeply fearful and heart-wrenching, like the devil twisting the hideous inside and outside of life.
2014, 7, 14
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