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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (2004)
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Box office
Grossed $3.91M worldwide, about 85.0 times its $46K budget
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Setting
Set in Afghanistan
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Music
Music by Mohammad-Reza Darvishi
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Siddiq BarmakWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 24, 2004
- Original language
- Persian
- Budget
- $46K
- Revenue
- $3.9M
- Countries
- Afghanistan, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America
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Cast
Marina GolbahariOsama- Arif HeratiAspnadi
- Zubaida SaharMother
- Mohammad Nadir KhwajaMullah
- Nader KhwajaJadi
Malik AkhlaqiAjmal- Hamida RefarGrandmother
- Gol Rahman GhorbandiMohammad Nabi Nawa
- Mohammad Nabi NawaMilk Man
- Amin NademSon of Sick Old Man
- Eli JaanSick Old Man
- Elza BogovaForeign Female
- Gholaam Sekhi SedighiPoor Man
- Henry JordanMale Foreign Reporter
- Najibeh HamdardMullah's Wife
- Nahid RefaahMullah's Wife
- Bibi Khan AnaaMullah's Wife
- Navaab KhanJudge
- Moalem KhanSpokesperson of the Jugge
- Zin AldinSchool Teacher
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