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Osama

To save her family a girl must become a boy

7.0/ 1020041h 23m

Drama

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.

Directed by Siddiq Barmak

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Marina Golbahari

Marina Golbahari

Osama

Arif Herati

Aspnadi

Zubaida Sahar

Mother

Mohammad Nadir Khwaja

Mullah

Nader Khwaja

Jadi

Malik Akhlaqi

Malik Akhlaqi

Ajmal

Hamida Refar

Grandmother

Gol Rahman Ghorbandi

Mohammad Nabi Nawa