Osama

After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a preteen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.

Cast

Marina Golbahari

as Osama

Arif Herati

as Aspnadi

Zubaida Sahar

as Mother

Mohammad Nadir Khwaja

as Mullah

Nader Khwaja

as Jadi

Malik Akhlaqi

as Ajmal

Hamida Refar

as Grandmother

Gol Rahman Ghorbandi

as Mohammad Nabi Nawa

Mohammad Nabi Nawa

as Milk Man

Amin Nadem

as Son of Sick Old Man

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