Sep 6, 2012 osama in afghanistan, during the taliban regime, women are forbidden to work and to walk on the streets without the company of a male. Set in the backdrop of taliban regime, osama is a drama film made in afghanistan in the year 2003 by siddiq barmak. Osama, the 2003 film made in afghanistan written and directed by siddiq barmak, tells the story of a young girl in afghanistan under taliban rule who disguises herself as a boy, osama, in order to support her family, as her father and uncle had both been killed during the soviet afghan war and she and her mother would not be able to travel on. Although it takes place in afghanistan, it documents practices so cruel that it is hard to believe. Osama 2003 pg 1h 23min drama 27 june 2003 afghanistan 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. Much like the lives of others at the start of this challenge, osama tells a story that only the films home country is allowed to tell. The story puts a contemporary, intrinsically afghan spin on the ageold story of a woman passing as a man in society. In addition to last nights golden globe, osama won special mention at the cannes film festival in may 2003, as well as the main prize at montreals new movie and new media festival in october 2003.
Angelina jolies the breadwinner a story of an afghan. This afghan film is the first for director siddiq barmak and what a great job. The movie itself tackles morals and beliefs of two unlikely nations and the friendship that can brew over circumstances. In taliban afghanistan a girl dresses as a boy to save her family from starvation. The movie was shot in kabul after the fall of the taliban regime in afghanistan. At the beginning of the period of the taliban take over, afghan women were not allowed to come out into the streets unless accompanied by a man or boy. The movie might be a lowbox office hit, but through the years it has developed a certain trend among war movies. Sometimes in us territories, the movie is known as the beast of war. The first major afghan movie produced after the fall of the taliban, siddiq barmaks osama 2003 is not only a vital social document, but also an intense, moving film. The actors in the film, all amateurs, are people from the city of kabul.
Osama is more than a moving film it is a historical milestone for wartorn afghanistan, where this 2003 production was the countrys first since the taliban outlawed filmmaking in 1996. One of the effects of the 911 attacks was to wake up the distracted western public to the horror of taliban rule in afghanistan. Inspired by a true story, osama is the first entirely afghan film shot since the fall of. The film follows a preteen girl living in afghanistan under. Foreign language film the first movie produced by afghanistan filmmakers after the fall of the taliban, osama is a searing portrait of life under the oppressive fundamentalist regime. Marina golbahari, zubaida sahar, mohammad arif herati,mohammad nadir khwaja during the repressive regime of the taliban, women were barred from participating in the socioeconomic affairs. The movie osama rocketed to fame after winning numerous awards including a golden globe for best foreign language movie. The movie osama is a movie which gives a deep insight into the life of women in afghanistan at the time when the taliban were in power. It is about a girl living in afghanistan under the taliban regime who disguises herself as a boy, osama, to support her family. The film follows a preteen girl living in afghanistan under the taliban regime who disguises herself as a boy, osama, to support her family.
Where the lives of others was made in a time where opinions were safe, this one was made in a time where it was a little more risky. It is inspired by true events about the horrors of the fate of women living under taliban rule. Through osama s story, i had a chance to see what it was like to live in afghanistan as a woman. While he was growing up barmak lead a comfortable life. Why do you think the director chose to open the movie with this quote. In the movie there is a constant struggle for osama as she disguises herself as a boy to provide income for her family. To eke out a meager living, they dress up their 12yearold girl, osama, as a boy so she can work. Feb 06, 2004 written and directed by siddiq barmak, an afghan filmmaker trained in moscow in the 1980s and clearly influenced by the iranian humanist cinema of the 90s, osama begins with an apt epigraph. Osama 2003 allmovie movies and films database movie. The teenager girl osama cuts her hair and dresses like a boy to get a job and support her widow mother and grandmother.
The taliban regime in afghanistan brought serious and most despotic conditions for women as they were not allowed to work. The movie was an international coproduction between afghanistan, the netherlands, japan, ireland, and iran. 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. The taliban closes down a hospital, putting a mother zubaida sahar and daughter marina golbahari who. The breadwinner is based on a childrens novel of the same name by deborah ellis and will be released later this year. Osama is a movie about the trials and tribulations of a girl who has to live as a boy to support her family during the reign of taliban in afghanistan. May 11, 2004 observation is also a theme of kandahar, the 2001 film that, until osama, was the bestknown fictional representation of the horrors of the taliban. The use of afghan culture as a medium for the commentary this film delivers shouldnt be misinterpreted. Osama movie, golden globe award winning afghan movie. After the rise of the taliban in afghanistan and the restriction of women in.
Marina golbahari,zubaida sahar,khwaja nader,mohammad arif herati director. Part of the appeal of the film is a glimpse into the lives of the people who live and experience the turmoil in their homeland. A degree in cinema direction from the moscow film institute vgik in 1987. Osama style voice plot as the taliban are ruling afghanistan, a family of three mother, daughter, and ther grandmother are left with no support. Top 10 real movies that are based on taliban listsurge. It was the first film to be shot entirely in afghanistan since 1996, when the taliban regime banned the creation of all films. Also, the girls real name is not mentioned in the movie. Writerdirector siddiq barmak makes his film debut with osama, the first all afghan feature released since the end of the taliban rule. Women are not allowed to work, but they have to find a way to support themselves and their families. Osama by siddiq barmak marina golbahari, khwaja nader. The movie osama made by the afghan movie director saddiq barmak in 2003 is one of the movies which represent a clear picture of the taliban repressive regime in afghanistan. The film is not as tragic as osama, in part because iran is a country where enlightened and humanistic attitudes are fighting it out side by side. Osama golbahari breaks the law, disguising herself to work in a grocery to support her family after her father and brother are killed.
It was shot entirely in kabul, afghanistan from june 2002 to march 2003, and it. Osama is a highly educational movie that opened my eyes to the horrible life in which the woman in afghanistan had to live while under the ruling of the taliban. It is a 2003 film made in afghanistan by siddiq barmak. Now called osama, the young girl embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey as she tries to keep the taliban from discovering her true identity. Osama in afghanistan, during the taliban regime, women are. Centering on a girl who must disguise herself as a boy to work so her family can survive, osama mercilessly exposes the effects of the subhuman status of women under the taliban, including father, son, and brotherless.
It was the first film to be shot entirely in afghanistan since 1996, when the taliban regime banned the creation. Watch osama 2003 movie webdl this is a file losslessly ripped from a streaming service, such as netflix, aosama 2003 zon video, hulu, crunchyroll, discovery go, bbc iplayer, etc. The story of osama movie is about a 12years old afghan girl and her mother, who both lost their jobs when the taliban closed the hospital where, they were working. The film follows a preteen girl living in afghanistan under the taliban regime who disguises herself. Director siddiq barmak, best known for osama 2003 and opium war 2008, said the posttaliban administration has called for afghani filmmakers to find their funding in the private sector, which. His first feature film osam a, won the golden globe for best foreign language fil m in 2004. Osama, is the first movie produced by afghanistan filmmakers after the fall of the taliban. Movies like osama if you like osama you are looking for disturbing, serious and bleak movies about with survival, oppression, injustice, child abuse, dishonesty, job seeking and danger themes of drama genre shot in afghanistan or ireland. This movie made by afghani director, siddik barmak in 2003 was an act resilience in itself. A degree in cinema direction from the moscow fil m institute vgik in 1987. I do not hold the of this movie, the belongs to archer street girl ltd. The story of osama movie is about a 12years old afghan girl and her mother, who both lost their jobs when the taliban closed the hospital where, they. What i found most interesting was how strict the culture is and the amount of rules that.
The film follows a preteen girl living in afghanistan. The film is not as tragic as osama, in part because iran is a country where enlightened and humanistic attitudes are fighting it out side by side with the old, hard ways. In 2004, barmak won best foreign language film at the golden globes for his first feature film, osama. When osama, disguised as a boy, is called by the taliban to join the school and military training, the boy. A widow disguises her young daughter, as a boy so she can work somewhere and in this way would support herself and her mother. The movie is the first production shot in afghanistan after the collapse of taliban regime in 2001.
Th e fi lm follows a preteen girl living i n afghanist an under the taliban regime who disguises herself as a boy. The taliban are ruling afghanistan, they being a repressive regime especially for women, who, among other things, are not allowed to work. First posttaliban movie produced in afghanistan shows the oppression suffered by women under that regime in the story of a young girl forced to pose as a boy. This stunning film, the first to be made in a posttaliban afghanistan and inspired by a newspaper account read by director siddiq barmak, recounts the efforts of a family of women to survive under an oppressive regime. This is the story of a little girl whose mother disguises her as a boy to be able to go out into the street and look for work. Released 2003, osama stars marina golbahari, arif herati, zubaida sahar, khwaja nader the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 22 min, and received a score of 83 out of 100 on metacritic. Montreal reuters afghan movie osama by director siddiq barmak won the top prize on sunday at montreals new movie and new media festival, one of the first features produced in afghanistan and nominated since the fall of the taliban. Osama is an afghan movie directed in 2003, by sidiq barmak an intellegent afghan film director. Released 2003, osama stars marina golbahari, arif herati, zubaida sahar, khwaja nader the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 22 min, and received a score of. The film follows a preteen girl living in afghanistan under the taliban. Osama is the first film shot entirely in afghanistan since the rise of the taliban in 1996.
The girl is given the name osama by her friend when she disguised herself as a boy. The acting is truly fine by marina golbahari, zobeydeh sahar and mohamad aref harat. The 9 best war movies about afghanistan military gurus. The storyline appears to be similar to that of osama a 2003 drama film made in afghanistan. Barmak, at 41, to be receiving so much attention for osama, the first movie to be shot in afghanistan since the fall of the taliban in november 2001. A new subreddit for full non englishspeaking movies and documentaries. The movie touches some of the same notes as baran 2001, an iranian movie about an unspoken love affair between a young iranian worker and an afghan immigrant who is a girl disguised as a boy. What do you think of osamas mother and grandmother. Afghan film sector looks to south korea for guidance. Osama 2003 afghan movie english sub i do not hold the of this movie, the belongs to archer street girl ltd. The first afghan film since the fall of the taliban, osama is a deeply harrowing and touching movie of great historical importance set during a.
It was the first film to be shot entirely in afghanistan since 1996, when the taliban regime banned the making a movie. It shows us how women were treated terribly and were thought of as a lower class to men. While it does serve to educate the viewer about the. The story osama is the first afghani film to be entirely made in afghanistan after the fall of the taliban. The film makers couldve very well have been risking their.
The movie actually only confirms what ive always thought, namely that the middle east doesnt have all the slats on the fence anymore, with. Osama in afghanistan, during the taliban regime, women. When osama, disguised as a boy, is called by the taliban to join the school and military training, the boy espandi tries to. They resort to their last idea of surviving after the mom looses her job as a nurse to transform the preteen daughter into a boy so. Please refrain from using abusive language, your comment. Shot in kabul last year, osama examines the lives of the afghan people while under the talibans control, but the film also highlights lingering problems that exist even though the taliban rule has ended. Marina golbahari osama, arif herati espandi, zubaida sahar mother. Jan 28, 2020 the film osama, inspired by a true story, is about osama, a young girl who did lived in kabul while the taliban regime. A reflection on the movie osama by siddiq barmak 365. In the early days of the regime, a young girl marina golbahari and her widowed mother zobeydeh sahar participate in a demonstration for womens right to work. It is about a young girl in afghanistan under the taliban who disguises herself as a boy, osama, in order to support her family. With marina golbahari, zubaida sahar, khwaja nader, mohammad arif herati.