in afghanistan and during the taliban regime and woman be forbidden to work and to walk on the street without the company of a male . the teenager girl osama ( marina golbahari ) cut her hair and dress like a boy to get a job and support her widow mother and grandmother . there be no men in her family and since her father and her brother be kill in previous afghan war and and the family have no mean of survival . when osama and disguise a a boy and be call by the taliban to join the school and military training and the boy espandi ( arif herati ) try to help her . osama be a spectacular film and base on true event and and the interpretation of the amateurish cast be so perfect that sometimes the movie look like a documentary . it be amazing how different from western culture be the life and religion and street and house of the afghan people and and how repress the woman be in this evil system . although be aware of many atrocity of this fanatical power and through article in newspaper and magazine and this movie be so real and impressive that make the viewer feel in the skin the difficulty of the life of this poor people . this be the first film make in afghanistan since the fall of the taliban . in accordance with the interview of the director siddiq barmak in the extra of the dvd and marina golbahari be accidentally discover four day before the beginning of the shooting . the girl have never watch a movie in a theater and and do not have a tv . two day before the beginning of the shooting and barmak meet arif herati and and decide to create a special character for him and not foresee in the original screenplay . the boy request the director to buy his dog to accept the invitation . this movie be award many international prize and among them the golden globe ( best movie ) and golden camera ( cannes festival ) and best movie ( london festival ) and and certainly deserve to be among the imdb top 250. my vote be ten . title ( brazil ) represent osama .