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2003

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The first Afghan film to be made since the end of the Taliban regime, OSAMA is a poetic portrayal of the struggle to survive during that oppressive period. A clear tribute to the strength and perseverance of the women of Afghanistan, OSAMA tells the true story of one family-all women who had no other choice than to put their .. Read more

Starring	Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar
Director	Siddiq Barmak
Genres	Drama

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- Afghanistan: the Taliban have decreed that women can only emerge from home in male company. Desperate for the... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17
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  Painful & Heavy Work of Art
  
  This film is brilliant, its effective in the way it throws you into the middle of the Taliban world, a world where theres no hope of rescue by the rest of the ... read more »
  
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  - Gonzo Soul
  - Thoroughfare, Woodbridge
  - 15 Nov 2004 at 10:42
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  Taliban Thriller
  
  I have read a lot about the Taliban but it is incredible that the Film producer got the film so well. How did he do it?? Amazing film. Should be seen by every ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 07 Aug 2008 at 18:25
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  Powerful and disturbing
  
  An amazing film. I didn't realise until after I saw it that it was based on a true story. I think that was a good thing! It is very emotive, do not expect ... read more »
  
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- - CZN
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  - Lancaster
  - 24 Jan 2008 at 23:48
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  Brilliant
  
  this movie is great.Simple as that.
  
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  - middx
  - 21 Nov 2007 at 20:10
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  a 5 star-film No doubt!
  
  It is an incredible film that shows you a bit of the culture in Afganhistan and the women's situation there. It is quite hard to watch sometimes. But it is... read more »
  
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- - Naikiko
  - Oxford
  - 12 Sep 2007 at 21:22
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  A powerful Afghan movie
  
  Osama is a wonderful, beautifully-shot movie dealing with the condition of women in Afghanistan during the (first) Taliban reign. After the death of her father ... read more »
  
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- - Bastien Didier
  - London, England
  - 27 Jul 2007 at 20:40
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  Hard but worth it.
  
  As it says above, this film is hard to watch but in the long run it is worth it. It was the first film to come out of Afghanistan after the fall of the Taleban... read more »
  
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- - Paul Farrugia
  - Kent, England
  - 24 Jul 2007 at 16:55
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  Not what I expected
  
  This movie took me by surprise, being conscience of the political climate under the Taliban I was not prepared for Osama.
  
  From the outset, there were... read more »
  
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  - W Yorkshire
  - 16 Mar 2007 at 12:26
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  Good but sad movie
  
  Good movie but makes you sad on how this could happen in this time and age
  
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  - London, England
  - 26 Oct 2006 at 21:04
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  FOR ALL TALIBAN LOVERS OUT THERE !
  
  WHAT A FILM. one for all of you who like it raw and realistic.
  
  The simplistic way of filming shows the terror the Taliban were about and highlights ... read more »
  
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- - Newpower
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  - Manchester
  - 07 Aug 2006 at 15:15
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  A Different Perspective
  
  If you are an open minded person who recognises that there are other cultures apart from our own, and America then you will probably "enjoy" this film... read more »
  
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  - Southampton
  - 14 Jul 2006 at 15:48
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  Painful & Heavy Work of Art
  
  This film is brilliant, its effective in the way it throws you into the middle of the Taliban world, a world where theres no hope of rescue by the rest of the ... read more »
  
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  - Gonzo Soul
  - Thoroughfare, Woodbridge
  - 15 Nov 2004 at 10:42
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  An aid to understanding
  
  A really frightening account of what happens when religious fanaticism meets political opportunity, and the effect upon ordinary people.
  
  The opening ... read more »
  
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  - Cirencester, England
  - 24 Dec 2004 at 11:25
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  Absorbing and Disturbing
  
  Brilliant photography. Powerful but sparse script (sub-titled). Not afraid of silence. Very unsettling and thought provoking comment on life for women in ... read more »
  
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  - North Wales
  - 17 Aug 2004 at 13:31
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  life under the Taliban
  
  This is a poweful film depicting life, particularly that endured by women, under the Taliban. Whatever the merits of the US invasion of Afghanistan, it is ... read more »
  
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  - Sussex, England
  - 25 Apr 2005 at 15:07
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  a 5 star-film No doubt!
  
  It is an incredible film that shows you a bit of the culture in Afganhistan and the women's situation there. It is quite hard to watch sometimes. But it is... read more »
  
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- - Naikiko
  - Oxford
  - 12 Sep 2007 at 21:22
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  No More Taliban Anymore....
  
  A totally depressing piece of film set in a country domineered by the Taliban.Woman are forbidden to have any existance or take up work leaving widows (& ... read more »
  
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  - Birmingham
  - 26 Apr 2005 at 16:25
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  Not what I expected
  
  This movie took me by surprise, being conscience of the political climate under the Taliban I was not prepared for Osama.
  
  From the outset, there were... read more »
  
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  - W Yorkshire
  - 16 Mar 2007 at 12:26
- - 2
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  A powerful Afghan movie
  
  Osama is a wonderful, beautifully-shot movie dealing with the condition of women in Afghanistan during the (first) Taliban reign. After the death of her father ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - Bastien Didier
  - London, England
  - 27 Jul 2007 at 20:40
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  Nicely filmed, but not enough.
  
  When a film deals with a subject like the Taliban in Afghanistan I want to be able to say good things about it, because it goes where so few films dare to go, ... read more »
  
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  - Nottingham, UK
  - 18 Feb 2005 at 22:58
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  watch this and learn
  
  An amazing and powerful indictment of the taliban and their treatment of women. That a young girl had to risk her life in disguising herself as a boy so her ... read more »
  
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  - Kent England
  - 05 Jul 2005 at 08:34

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  The first Afghan film to be made since the end of the Taliban regime, OSAMA is a poetic portrayal of the struggle to survive during that oppressive period. A clear tribute to the strength and perseverance of the women of Afghanistan, OSAMA tells the true story of one family-all women who had no ...