 |
Osama (2003) | User Rating
(17 votes) |
|
|
• Trivia (1)
• Plot Description
• Soundtrack
• Wallpapers
• Shooting Locations
• Popularity
Release Date
• USA: Jan 30, 2004
• UK: 25 Oct 2003
DVD Release Date
• R1: Apr 27, 2004
Budget $46,000
Official Website:
Osama Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements.
Running Time
1 hour, 23 minutes
Country Afghanistan, Netherlands, Japan, Ireland, Iran
Studio Barnak Film, LeBrocquy Fraser, NHK
More info on IMDb.com
|
Genre: Drama, Mistaken Identity, True Story, Coming Of Age, Disturbing, Society, Religion
Plot: A 12-year-old girl, her mother, and a local village boy narrowly survive the brutal end of a peaceful demonstration organized by women who are oppressed by the cruel Taliban regime. After witnessing such inhumane treatment, the mother is reminded of her own hardships as she and her daughter struggle to maintain their existence. With the young girl's father and brother killed, they must find any source of income they can while hiding it from the strict Taliban, which mandates that no woman may work or be outside the home without a legal male companion.The mother and her daughter care for patients at a sparse, under-stocked hospital run by foreigners. After a Taliban raid, the hospital is shut down and the mother and daughter are without income. Desperate for any type of job, the mother is forced to cut her daughter's hair and dress her as a boy so that she might earn money for the family. The mother pleads with a grocer who knew her husband to help her and hire the young girl to work in his store. He agrees and attempts to protect the girl - now disguised as a boy - and teach her how to be more convincing. One afternoon, the Taliban's religious police force all the men to a mosque for prayer. The girl, unfamiliar with the ways men pray, makes several mistakes and
More Plot Descriptions
 Discussion forum for this movie
|
| |
![]()  Submit a trailer link
|
|
|
|
Mooviees.com is not the official site for this film.
All editorial views and opinions expressed here are for entertainment purposes only.
| Lionsgate Smuggles A "Last Stand" [Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009]50 Cent, Kilmer Fire A "Gun" [Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009]Townsend, Stevenson, Asano Join "Thor"? [Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009]Susco Takes Over "Hack/Slash" Writing [Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009]No McAdams In "Spider-Man 4" [Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009]Broken Lizard On "Troopers" Sequel [Monday, Nov 16, 2009]"Fireproof" Team Get "Courageous" [Monday, Nov 16, 2009]"Stomp The Yard" Sequel Lands Cast [Monday, Nov 16, 2009]Brian Cox Goes Short For "Hobbit"? [Monday, Nov 16, 2009]"Blackthorn" Is A Butch Cassidy Sequel? [Monday, Nov 16, 2009] |
|
|
|
|
In Theaters
