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Osama (2004)

7 | Mar 24, 2004 (AF) | Drama | 01:23
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Budget: 46 000 | Revenue: 3 910 519

To save her family a girl must become a boy

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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Marina Golbahari
Osama
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Arif Herati
Espandi
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Zubaida Sahar
Mother
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Mohammad Nadir Khwaja
Mullah
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Nader Khwaja
Jadi
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Malik Akhlaqi
Ajmal
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Hamida Refar
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Gol Rahman Ghorbandi

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