Osama
(DVD)
Contributors
Barmak, Siddiq, director.
Fraser, Julia, producer.
LeBrocquy, Julie, producer.
Golbahari, Marina, actor.
Khajeh, Mohamad Nader, actor.
Fraser, Julia, producer.
LeBrocquy, Julie, producer.
Golbahari, Marina, actor.
Khajeh, Mohamad Nader, actor.
Published
[Kabul, Afghanistan] : Barmak Film ;, [2004].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Oliver La Farge - Media
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Published
[Kabul, Afghanistan] : Barmak Film ;, [2004].
Language
pus
UPC
027616908094, 883904127086
Notes
General Note
Credits from subtitles and the film's entry on the IMDb.
General Note
Special features: Sharing hope and freedom: Siddiq Barmak interview [featurette] (22 min.); Theatrical trailer (2 min.); Previews (7 min.); Recommendations [text feature].
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Ebrahim Ghafori ; composer, Mohamad Reza Darvishi.
Participants/Performers
Marina Golbahari, Mohamad Nader Khajeh, Mohamad Arif Harati, Zubaida Sahar.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally released as an Afghani motion picture in 2003.
Description
This meticulous inquiry into the ways that ideological evil can infect, and ultimately destroy, the intimacies and small pleasures of daily life is beautiful, thoughtful, and almost unbearably sad. A widowed grandmother, mother, and daughter are facing starvation. Since the foreign doctors have been driven away, the mother's employment at the hospital ends. Thus the young daughter, at the risk of being discovered and killed, masquerades as a boy in order to earn money--a necessity since they cannot leave the house without a male escort. Snatched away from her job and sent to be indoctrinated by the Taliban, it is just a matter of time before she is given away. The Taliban's obscene wish for a world where the stringent enforcement of religious laws takes the place of human kindness is on full display, and as they employ their sadistic holy laws in the name of God, the only human response is horror.
System Details
DVD format; region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital mono; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Language
In Pushtu with English subtitles; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Awards
Winner, 2003 Cannes Film Fesival: AFCAE Award, Cannes Junior Award, Golden Camera-Special Mention-Siddiq Barmak ; 2004 Golden Globe: Best Foreign Language Film.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Drama.
Families -- Drama.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Muslim women -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.
Social problem films.
Taliban -- Drama.
Teenage girls -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Widows -- Drama.
Women -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.
Women -- Drama.
Families -- Drama.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Muslim women -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.
Social problem films.
Taliban -- Drama.
Teenage girls -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Widows -- Drama.
Women -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.
Women -- Drama.
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