Osama
(2004)
Regisseur:
Siddiq BarmakSchauspieler:
Marina Golbahari, Mohammad Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Mohammad Nadir Khwaja, Mohamad Haref Harati, Gul Rehman Ghorbandi, Khwaja Nader, Hamida RefahNach der Machtübernahme durch die Taliban stehen in Afghanistan tausende Witwen und alleinstehende Frauen vor einem unüberwindlichen Problem: wie sollen sie ihren Lebensunterhalt verdienen, wenn sie nur in Begleitung männlicher Verwandter das Haus verlassen dürfen? Eine Mutter beschließt, ihre 12-jährige Tochter als Sohn zu verkleiden, damit sie sie zu ihrer Arbeit begleitet. Als die Mutter ihre Arbeit verliert, muß das Mädchen die Familie ernähren. Als Junge fängt sie an für einen Milchmann zu arbeiten, der mit dem im Krieg gefallenen Vater der Familie befreundet war.
Durch die Verkleidung ist das Mädchen gezwungen, an den religiösen Riten der Männer teilzunehmen und die Koranschule zu besuchen. Doch die männlichen Verhaltensweisen sind ihr fremd. Und die Furcht vor der Enttarnung wächst mit jedem Tag.
The Taliban are ruling Afghanistan, they being a repressive regime especially for women, who, among other things, are not allowed to work. This situation is especially difficult for one family consisting solely of three women representing three successive generations. All the males in their family have died in various Afghani wars. The mother had been working as a nurse in a hospital, but regardless of she not being allowed to work, the Taliban has cut off funding to the hospital. The mother and grandmother make what they feel is the only decision they can to survive: they will have the preteen daughter masquerade as a boy so that she can get a job to support the family. The daughter, feeling powerless, agrees despite being scared as if the Taliban discover her masquerade, she is certain they will kill her. Partly as a symbolic measure, the daughter plants a lock of her now cut hair in a pot so that her lost femininity can flourish. The only people outside the family who know of the ...
The Taliban are ruling Afghanistan, they being a repressive regime especially for women, who, among other things, are not allowed to work. This situation is especially difficult for one family consisting solely of three women representing three successive generations. All the males in their family have died in various Afghani wars. The mother had been working as a nurse in a hospital, but regardless of she not being allowed to work, the Taliban has cut off funding to the hospital. The mother and grandmother make what they feel is the only decision they can to survive: they will have the preteen daughter masquerade as a boy so that she can get a job to support the family. The daughter, feeling powerless, agrees despite being scared as if the Taliban discover her masquerade, she is certain they will kill her. Partly as a symbolic measure, the daughter plants a lock of her now cut hair in a pot so that her lost femininity can flourish. The only people outside the family who know of the ...