Trivia for
Osama (2003) More at IMDbPro »

• The actors in the film, all amateurs, are people of the city of Kabul. Siddiq Barmak found the main character, Marina Golbahari, on the streets of Kabul.
  
  
• This is the first film to be made in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban. Previously all filming had been banned.
  
  
• Director Siddiq Barmak was helped in the making of his film by leading Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf who gave him $100,000 funding and the 35mm cameras and equipment he needed. Makhmalbaf also persuaded his regular cinematographer Ebrahim Ghafori to work on the project.
  
  

• SPOILER: According to the documentary, the movie was originally entitled "Rainbow," and ended on a hopeful note, with Osama passing under a rainbow and gaining her freedom. As filming went on, however, the director grew dissatisfied with the ending and changed it, and also cut out other scenes in the movie that expressed hope.
  
  

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