Osama [videorecording] / [released by] United Artists ; produced by Siddiq Barmak, Julia Fraser, Julie LeBrocquy ; written, directed and edited by Siddiq Barmak.
Marina Golbahari, Mohamad Nader Khajeh, Mohamad Aref Harati, Zubaida Sahar. Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. A foreign film (Afghanistan, Ireland, Japan). Aspect ratio 1.85:1. Special features: "Sharing hope and freedom" interview featurette with director Siddiq Barmak; original theatrical trailer.
Summary:
Set in Afghanistan during the Taliban regime. With women forbidden to leave the house without a male relative, a young girl disguises herself as a boy and takes a job with a sympathetic shopkeeper so she can support her widowed mother and grandmother.
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