Osama

Osama

To save her family a girl must become a boy

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Release Date

3/24/2004

Runtime

83 mins

Genres

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Pashto

Budget

$46,000

Revenue

$3,910,519

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A quietly devastating portrait of a girl forced into an impossible choice under Taliban rule. The film's restraint and naturalism make the injustice feel intimate and unbearable.

Mood

MelancholicTenseDefiant

Themes

GenderSurvivalFamilyPower

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Child endangerment

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