| AFGHANISTAN |
| OSAMA |
Siddiq Barmak |
Based on the true story of a young girl living
under the rule of the Taliban, Osama received standing ovations
and a Special Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and
more recently won the Best Film prizes at the Montreal New
Cinema and London Film Festivals. In a society where women
are forbidden to show their faces in public or go to school,
a 12-year-old girl disguises herself as a boy to find work
to support her mother and grandmother, both war widows, and
get an education. She finds a job in a shop in Kabul run by
a man who fought in the war alongside her father. But almost
immediately, she is rounded up with other boys and sent to
a Taliban Madrassa for youth military training. There her
deception is uncovered and she is sent to prison where the
court recommends stoning and execution. The first feature
to come out of post-Taliban Afghanistan, Osama is the Afghani
submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar. In Farsi. Print
courtesy of United Artists. (83 mins.)
First Feature.
SHOWTIMES: 2/14, 7:30pm B1 and
2/15, 7:30pm WH. |
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