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Osama ({{lang-fa|اسامه}}) is a 2003 drama film made in Afghanistan by Siddiq Barmak. The film follows a preteen girl living in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime who disguises herself as a boy, Osama, to support her family. It was the first film to be shot entirely in Afghanistan since 1996, when the Taliban régime banned the creation of all films. The film is an international co-production between companies in Afghanistan, the Netherlands, Japan, Ireland, and Iran.

Although the title of the film highlights an allegorical relevance to Osama bin Laden, there is no further similarity.

Plot

In the film, the Taliban are ruling Afghanistan. Their regime is especially repressive for women, who, amongst other things, are not allowed to work outside the home. This causes difficulty for one family comprising three women: a young girl, her mother, and her grandmother. With the mother's husband and uncle having been killed in battle during the Soviet invasion and subsequent civil wars, there are no men left to support the family. The mother had been working as a hospital nurse in a hospital, but the Taliban cut off funding , leaving it with no medicines and very little equipment. One foreign nurse in the hospital is arrested. The mother does some paid nursing outside the hospital but, after the patient dies, cannot find other work.

The mother and grandmother then feel forced to have the young girl disguise herself as a boy so that she can get a job. Osama's grandmother tells her a story about a boy who changed to a girl when he went under a rainbow, to help persuade her to accept the plan. The girl, feeling powerless, agrees, despite being afraid that the Taliban will kill her if they discover her masquerade. As a symbolic measure, the girl plants a lock of her now cut hair in a flowerpot. The only other people who know of the ruse are the milk vendor, a friend of her deceased father, who employs her and a local boy named Espandi who recognises her despite her changed appearance and who renames her Osama.

The masquerade becomes more difficult when the Taliban conscript all the local boys for their school, which includes military training. They are taught how to fight and conduct ablutions, including one for when they experience a nocturnal emission or come in contact with their wife when they grow older. Osama attempts to avoid joining the ablution session, and the master grows suspicious of her gender. She realises that she will eventually be found out. Several of the boys begin to pick on her, and although Espandi is at first able to protect her, her secret is discovered when she menstruates.

Osama is arrested and put on trial, along with a Western journalist, and the foreign nurse. The journalist and the nurse are condemned and put to death, but, as Osama is destitute and helpless, her life is spared; she is instead given in marriage to a much older man. He already has three wives, all of whom hate him and say he has destroyed their lives. They take pity on Osama, but are powerless to help her. The husband shows her the padlocks he uses on his wives' rooms, reserving the largest for her. The film ends with the new husband conducting an ablution in an outdoor bath, which the boys were earlier taught to conduct after coming in contact with their wives.

Cast

Production

Siddiq Barmak's inspiration was found in a news story he read while in Peshawar. The paper told the story of a girl who had dressed as a boy to attend school but was eventually discovered by the Taliban. Barmak would go on to add elements of other stories that were shared with him by people who had lived in Afghanistan under Taliban rule culminating with the story of the film.^[2]

The film was shot on location in Kabul, Afghanistan. Work began in June 2002 and was completed in March 2003 with a budget of approximately $46,000 US$. All the actors in the film are amateurs found by the director on the streets of Kabul.^[3] Much of the dialogue was improvised by the actors.^[4]^[5]

According to Marina, a documentary about actress Marina Golbahari shot concurrently with the film. Osama was originally titled Rainbow and ended on a hopeful note, with Osama passing under a rainbow and gaining her freedom. As time went on, the director grew dissatisfied with the ending and changed it and cut out other scenes in the film that expressed hope.

Reception

Box office

The film was a box office success, grossing $3,888,902 worldwide from a small budget of $46,000.^[7]

Awards and nominations

See also

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=OSAMA (12A)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/osama-2004-2|work=British Board of Film Classification|date=12 December 2003|accessdate=19 April 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Film/article_1769.jsp|title=Osama and Afghan cinema: an interview with Siddiq Barmak|website=Opendemocracy,net|accessdate=23 June 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tricityvoice.com/articledisplay.php?a=2211|title=Tri City Voice: Interview with Osama director, Siddiq Barmak by Christopher Cobb - February 17, 2004|website=Tricityvoice.com|accessdate=23 June 2018}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Film/article_1769.jsp|title=Osama and Afghan cinema: an interview with Siddiq Barmak|website=openDemocracy|language=en|access-date=2019-01-23}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://brooklynrail.org/2004/04/film/osama|title=OUT-TAKES: The Power of Osama|website=The Brooklyn Rail|access-date=2019-01-23}}
6. ^{{cite web |title = Osama (2003) |url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/osama/ |work = Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate = 14 July 2010 }}
7. ^¹²{{mojo title|osama|Osama}}

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