"Osama"

Amber 2022-07-10 16:40:14

Religious extremism + terrorism is enough to make a country hell.

The biggest conflict in the film comes from a ban on women after the Taliban (Islamic student militants) took power in Afghanistan, that is, women are not allowed to work. The protagonist is a family of three, from grandmother to mother to daughter, only women. If the ban is strictly followed, all that awaits them is starvation. When life is threatened, the only option is to take the risk and let the daughter who is most likely to disguise herself as a boy go to work and bring back bread and milk.

It is a pity that in order to train new armed forces, the Taliban have stretched their claws to all the boys. As a result, the family that just got rid of the shadow of starvation faced the only source of livelihood-the daughter was treated as a boy and rushed to the training camp. In it, the chick recites the Koran like a pecking rice, but the biggest threat is still from ignorant boys who doubt her gender.

The only little warmth came from the protection of the stray children, who stood in front of her and pulled her back when she was about to fall into the abyss of destruction again and again. But in the end, things came to light.

The most despairing thing is that when she was about to be executed for pretending to be a boy, another old man came and rescued her in name, but actually married her away as her own ban. Once again, she was put in even bigger shackles and suffered a lifetime of torture.

The whole film is real, dull, and desperate. The level of authenticity is comparable to that of a documentary, but in terms of the essential emotions it evokes, it is an excellent art film.

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