Osama (2004)

To save her family a girl must become a boy

Cast

Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Mohammad Nadir Khwaja, Nader Khwaja

Overview

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.