Osama
To save her family a girl must become a boy
7.0(135) 2004-03-24 83 minDrama
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.
DirectorSiddiq Barmak
WriterSiddiq Barmak
ProducerSiddiq Barmak
ProducerJulia Fraser
ProducerJulie LeBrocquy
ProducerMakoto Ueda
Original Music ComposerMohammad Reza Darvishi
Cast & characters
Marina Golbahari
as Osama
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Arif Herati
as Aspnadi
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Zubaida Sahar
as Mother
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Mohammad Nadir Khwaja
as Mullah
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Nader Khwaja
as Jadi
Malik Akhlaqi
as Ajmal
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Hamida Refar
as Grandmother
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Gol Rahman Ghorbandi
as Mohammad Nabi Nawa
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Mohammad Nabi Nawa
as Milk Man
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Amin Nadem
as Son of Sick Old Man
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Eli Jaan
as Sick Old Man
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Elza Bogova
as Foreign Female
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Gholaam Sekhi Sedighi
as Poor Man
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Henry Jordan
as Male Foreign Reporter
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Najibeh Hamdard
as Mullah's Wife
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Nahid Refaah
as Mullah's Wife
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Bibi Khan Anaa
as Mullah's Wife
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Navaab Khan
as Judge
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Moalem Khan
as Spokesperson of the Jugge
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Zin Aldin
as School Teacher
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Mehraab Khoshnevis
as Hospital Manager
Malik Akhlaqi
as Shahied (voice)
