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, actual slogans, fleeing in chaos after the Taliban crackdown arrived.
Director Siddiq Balma calmly handles the relationship between picture rendering and character narration. In describing the tragic fate of the girl Osama, there is no imbalance treatment, and the audience's emotions are always controlled in a ponderable situation. In the film, Osama was forced to take on the responsibility of raising her mother and grandmother because of her unsustainable family. To this end, the mother and grandmother reluctantly decided to let the girl Osama take the risk. Cut off long hair and dress up as a boy. In this way, Osama can go out to work in exchange for food and supplies to supply the family, although eventually being seen through, despite Osama's constant cries.
Osama's final fate is to be bought by a powerful old man, Mora, and thus survive the death penalty. Another theory is that the maiden Osama missed the execution by locking the Sky in the deep-walled mansion of old Mora. One detail is that when the old man Mora asked the girl Osama to choose various locks, she was unwilling, and Mora gave her the largest lock. On the face of it, Mora's intransigence has been punished even more. Undoubtedly, the director's intention should be more than that. This is more of a metaphor, referring to the fact that non-compromise and non-resistance can only bring about heavier disasters.
The setting of the ending has made the best interpretation for this suffering nation. At the moment when Mora bought Osama, the Muslim crowd behind him chanted, "Thank the Lord, the Lord is great". It is very ironic that when the age of the times is today, people who still talk about the grace of God are usually either cowards or dictators (cowardice is the dictatorship of one person, and dictatorship is also the cowardice of everyone). Because only the name of God can dispel their fears. In the face of such a delicate girl, in the face of such a human tragedy, in the face of such a sincere believer, in the face of such a master. If so, or not.
At the beginning of the film, there is a famous quote from former South African President Mandela, "I can't forget, but I can forgive." After watching the film, it reminded me of the song written by Chinese singer Huang Jiaju to Mandela - "The Glorious Years" The lyrics in "Today there are only remnants of the body, to welcome the glorious years. Cling to freedom in the wind and rain, after a lifetime of hesitant struggles. Confidence can change the future, ask who can do it?" Girl Osama, when did you Freedom, no more need for a manifesto from the audience?
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