OSAMA
synopsis
A 12-year-old Afghan girl and her mother lose their jobs when the Taliban closes the hospital where they work. The Taliban have also forbidden women to leave their houses without a "legal companion." With her husband and brother dead there is no one left to support the family, and without being able to leave the house the mother is left with nowhere to turn. Feeling that she has no other choice, she disguises her daughter as a boy. Now called Osama, the girl embarks on a terrigying and confusing journey as she tries to keep the Taliban from finding out her true identity.
| international title: | Osama |
| original title: | Osama |
| country: | Ireland, Afghanistan, Japan |
| sales agent: | Le Brocquy Fraser Productions (IE) |
| year: | 2003 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Siddiq Barmak |
| film run: | 82' |
| release date: | GR 10/10/2003, ES 19/12/2003, DE 15/01/2004, BE 04/02/2004, DK 20/02/2004, NL 11/03/2004, FR 24/03/2004 |
| screenplay: | Siddiq Barmak |
| cast: | Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Gol Rahman Ghorbandi |
| cinematography by: | Ebrahim Ghafori |
| film editing: | Siddiq Barmak |
| art director: | Akbar Meshkini |
| music: | Mohammad Reza Darvishi |
| producer: | Julie Lebrocquy, Julia Fraser, Siddiq Barmak |
| production: | Le Brocquy Fraser Productions, Barmak Film (AF), NHK (JP) |
| distributor: | Alta Films (ES), Øst for Paradis (DK), A-Film Distribution (NL), Haut et Court (FR) |
