Film
Osama
AF · Iran · Ireland · Japan · Netherlands · United Kingdom · United States- Age rating
- TP
- Director
- Siddiq Barmak
- Year
- 2004
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.
Top cast
Marina Golbahari
Osama
Arif Herati
Aspnadi
Zubaida Sahar
Mother
Mohammad Nadir Khwaja
Mullah
Nader Khwaja
Jadi
Malik Akhlaqi
Ajmal
Hamida Refar
Grandmother
Gol Rahman Ghorbandi
Mohammad Nabi Nawa
Mohammad Nabi Nawa
Milk Man
Amin Nadem
Son of Sick Old Man
Eli Jaan
Sick Old Man
Elza Bogova
Foreign Female
Gholaam Sekhi Sedighi
Poor Man
Henry Jordan
Male Foreign Reporter
Najibeh Hamdard
Mullah's Wife
Nahid Refaah
Mullah's Wife
Bibi Khan Anaa
Mullah's Wife
Navaab Khan
Judge
Directed by
Siddiq Barmak
Written by
Siddiq Barmak
Produced by
Siddiq Barmak, Julia Fraser, Julie LeBrocquy, Makoto Ueda
