Osama (film)

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Movie
German title Osama
Original title Osama
Country of production Afghanistan , Japan , Ireland
original language Pashto , Dari
Publishing year 2003
length 83 minutes
Age rating FSK / JMK 12
Rod
Director Siddiq Barmak
script Siddiq Barmak
production Siddiq Barmak
Julia Fraser
Julie LeBrocquy
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Makoto Ueda
music Mohammad Reza Darvishi
camera Ebrahim Ghafori
cut Siddiq Barmak
occupation

Osama is an auteur film by Siddiq Barmak , who directed and wrote the book, from 2003 about the living conditions of women in Afghanistan before 2002. It was released in Germany on January 15, 2004.

Osama is the first feature film to be shot in Afghanistan after the end of the Taliban regime. All performers are laypeople.

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The film begins with a stranger gazing into the streets of Kabul around 1998. There is a women's demonstration there, suppressed by force of arms.

In Afghanistan, after the Taliban came to power, thousands of widows and single women have almost no socially / religiously accepted means of earning a living, because they are not allowed to leave the house without the company of male relatives, which makes it practically impossible for them to work. There are also rigid clothing and many other rules of conduct, compliance with which is violently monitored by the Taliban.

The mother of the 12-year-old leading actress faces these problems as a nurse who is no longer allowed to work. On the advice of the grandmother, the daughter is disguised as a son. Mother and grandmother see a twofold problem solution in the outward change of their daughter (Marina Golbahari) towards a boy. The "boy" - he is given the first name Osama , which is common in Arab countries, but which was linked to terrorism for Western viewers after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 - is allowed to "take" her with him when walking through the city, which means that her mother can now make house calls do with patients. And a boy can go to work alone with others. She asks an acquaintance of her fallen husband to keep the girl under this "disguise" and to give her food. This milk seller shows "Osama" how men must behave according to the rituals in the mosque. In his shop, "Osama", like many other boys, is forcibly recruited into a Koran school by a Taliban supporter and is also supposed to be trained to use weapons as a Talib.

As one girl among hundreds of boys, she faces many problems. A boy, who is watching, knows Espandi (Arif Herati) from the opening scene, helps her. An impressive scene is the hammam lesson with a mullah who wants to explain to the boys how to cleanse the male genitals. Finally it comes to exposure ( “So a girl after all” ). After all, a religious judge does not impose the possible death penalty for this, but marries the girl in a crowd scene with the old mullah. This takes them with him. He locks her in as a "house slave" in his house.

criticism

  • Lexicon of international film : "In dense, sometimes almost too sophisticated pictures, the director describes the effects of the reign of terror on women. He has found people in the main actress and other amateur actors who bring their own experiences to the film in an impressive way Despite the tragic finale, the film proclaims the indomitable hope for change and freedom. "

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Post production

The DVD of the film contains a detailed portrait of Marina Golbahari.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Osama. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used