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Osama

2004 · 83 min

A harrowing, slow-burn plunge into fear and injustice, seen through a child's eyes, leaving a heavy, lingering ache.

Directed by
Siddiq Barmak
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar
Tagline
To save her family a girl must become a boy
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Siddiq Barmak
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • survival
  • gender
  • power
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Siddiq Barmak
Written by
Siddiq Barmak
Starring
Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Mohammad Nadir Khwaja, Nader Khwaja, Malik Akhlaqi, Hamida Refar, Gol Rahman Ghorbandi
Music
Mohammad Reza Darvishi
Cinematography
Ebrahim Ghafori
Runtime
83 min
Country
Afghanistan, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
Hungarian, Pushto, French, Persian, English, Arabic

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