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FILM REVIEW: 'Osama' depicts daily life under Taliban
From: University Wire
Date: 20040223
Author:Alexandra Proca
Alexandra Proca
University Wire
02-23-2004
(Spartan Daily) (U-WIRE) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The entrance of hell as imagined by medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri reads "Leave hope behind, all ye who enter here."
Leaving behind the Christian dogma that says losing hope is a sin, Siddiq Barmak's Afghanistan in his Golden Globe winner "Osama" looks like a place where the mere concept of hope has been long forgotten.
The title of the film might mislead those who are expecting a story about Osama bin Laden.
The movie tells the tragic story of a 12-year-old girl forced to take a boy's identity to ...
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