Osama (2003)

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Credited cast:
	Marina Golbahari	...	Osama
	Arif Herati	...	Espandi
	Zubaida Sahar	...	Mother
	Mohamad Nader Khadjeh
	Mohamad Haref Harati
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Gol Rahman Ghorbandi
	Khwaja Nader
	Hamida Refah

Storyline

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... Written by Huggo  

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