| Osama (2003)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Marina Golbahari |
Osama
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| Arif Herati |
Espandi
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| Zubaida Sahar |
Mother
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| Mohamad Nader Khadjeh |
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| Mohamad Haref Harati |
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| Gol Rahman Ghorbandi |
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| Khwaja Nader |
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| Hamida Refah |
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| Plot |
| Writer/director Siddiq Barmak makes his film debut with Osama, the first all-Afghan feature released since the end of the Taliban rule. In the early days of the regime, a young girl (Marina Golbahari) and her widowed mother (Zobeydeh Sahar) participate in a demonstration for women's right to work. When the demonstration is broken up by the Taliban, they hide out with local street kid Espandi (Mohamad Aref Harat). When the Taliban take over a hospital where the mother secretly works, they are arrested and jailed. In order to go to work, the mother dresses the young girl as a boy. Forced to attend school, the girl reunites with Espandi, who refers to her as Osama. She struggles to maintain her disguise in order to survive. Osama won an honorable mention at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. — Andrea LeVasseur |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Foreign; War |
| Director |
Siddiq Barmak |
| Producer |
Siddiq Barmak; Julia Fraser |
| Writer |
Siddiq Barmak |
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| Studio |
United Artists |
| Country |
Afghanistan |
| Language |
Pashtu |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
82 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
8/31/2003 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
297 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
7/21/2004 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
027616908094 |
| Release Date |
4/27/2004 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Standard Features |
"The Making of..." Documentary |
| Audio Tracks |
 PASHTU: Dolby Digital Surround [CC] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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"Sharing Hope and Freedom" Featurette with Director Siddiq Barmak
Original Theatrical Trailer
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