Whoa, this was heartbreaking. Showing the plight of three generations of women in Afghanistan living under Taliban rule. Some of the scenes are cinematically beautiful, like the opening one where hundreds of women are protesting (the right to work) dressed in blue against the bleak desert landscape.
Ultimately though this is just depressing as we follow a 12 year old girl posing as a boy in order to be able to leave her house without a legal (male) companion in order to support her mother and grandmother who've both been widowed. She cuts her hair, changes her clothes and begins working in a tea shop. She is terrified. Before long the Taliban start recruiting young boys (by force) to their Koran schools and the other students soon begin to suspect that she is a girl. The actress that plays Golbahari/Osama, her face shows such fear and despair throughout. And the ending, Oh damn....horrific, haunting and unforgettable. 6/6/14
Ultimately though this is just depressing as we follow a 12 year old girl posing as a boy in order to be able to leave her house without a legal (male) companion in order to support her mother and grandmother who've both been widowed. She cuts her hair, changes her clothes and begins working in a tea shop. She is terrified. Before long the Taliban start recruiting young boys (by force) to their Koran schools and the other students soon begin to suspect that she is a girl. The actress that plays Golbahari/Osama, her face shows such fear and despair throughout. And the ending, Oh damn....horrific, haunting and unforgettable. 6/6/14