The Taliban are ruling Afghanistan, they being a repressive regime especially for women, who, among other things, are not allowed to work. This situation is especially difficult for one family consisting solely of three women representing three successive generations. All the males in their family have died in various Afghani wars. The mother had been working as a nurse in a hospital, but regardless of she not being allowed to work, the Taliban has cut off funding to the hospital. The mother and grandmother make what they feel is the only decision they can to survive: they will have the preteen daughter masquerade as a boy so that she can get a job to support the family. The daughter, feeling powerless, agrees despite being scared as if the Taliban discover her masquerade, she is certain they will kill her. Partly as a symbolic measure, the daughter plants a lock of her now cut hair in a pot so that her lost femininity can flourish. The only people outside the family who know of the ruse are the milk vendor who employs the daughter - he who was a friend of her deceased father - and a local boy named Espandi who recognizes her despite her outward change in appearance. Espandi renames her Osama. The masquerade becomes more difficult when the Taliban recruit all the local boys to school, which includes military training.
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Osama 2003 Retail Multisubs+language Pal
Afghanistan / Nederland / Japan / Ierland / Iran
Drama
82 minuten
geregisseerd door Siddiq Barmak
met Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati en Zubaida Sahar
Plot:
Een 12-jarig meisje, haar moeder en haar grootmoeder hebben de onderdrukte demonstraties
overleefd die door de Afghaanse vrouwen waren begonnen tegen het Taliban regime. Omdat
haar man en broer beide overleden zijn is er niemand die in het levensonderhoud van het
gezin kan voorzien. De grootmoeder van het meisje, besluit om het uiterlijk van het
meisje zodanig te veranderen dat ze eruit ziet als een jongen. Op een dag echter worden
alle jongens van het plaatsje, waaronder ook het vermomde meisje, naar een religieuze
school, Madrassa, gebracht die ook het kamp is waar de soldaten van Taliban worden
getraind.
MMeter: 186 stemmen | gemiddelde 3,37
http://www.moviemeter.nl/film/16205
Afghanistan / Netherlands / Japan / Ireland / Iran
drama
82 minutes
Siddiq Barmak directed by
with Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati Zubaida Sahar and
plot:
A 12-year-old girl, her mother and grandmother survived have suppressed protests by the
Afghan women were begun against the Taliban regime. Because her husband and brother are
both deceased, no one in the living of the family can provide. The grandmother of the
girl, decides to change the look of the girl to an extent that she looks like a boy. One
day, however, all the boys of the village, including the disguised girl, to a religious
school, Madrassa, which are also the camp where the Taliban soldiers are trained.
Ratings: 7.4/10 from 5,152 users
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368913
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRkc6BoDdKM
Spotinformatie
SOURCE..........: Retail
FORM............: DVD5
AUDIO...........: Afghaans, Duits, Frans, Italiaans DD2.0
SUBTITELS.......: Duits, Frans, Italiaans, Nederlands
Menu............: Ja
Extra...........: Ja
Beeldverhouding.: 16:9
Framerate ......: 25,000 fps
Standaard.......: PAL
Cover...........: Ja
