Check out 'Safar e Ghandehar' and 'Baran' for similar themes

I saw Kanadahar one week before seeing Osama. Both movies focus on the treatment of women under Taliban rule and are excellent eye openers into a horrible side of humanity. Both movies left me both speechless and greatful for everything I take for granted. I was most impressed with how both movies touched on life in Afghanastan before Taliban rule. They were only subtle hints at a more prosporous past, but it really puts the Taliban plight into perspective.

One thing that struck my girlfriend and I was that unlike Hollywood movies like Schindler's List or the Pianist, there is no underlying feeling of hope during these horrible times. It appears as if the people accepted their fate, and gave up all hope. It really makes me curious to know how things are now that the Taliban is gone. Not to be ungreatful for all that the U.S. has done for the world, but considering their track record for interference, it probably isn't much better than it was three years ago.

Baran is the first film I thought of while watching Osama. Both are excellent films, and though they share some common themes, the two are quite different from one another.

to put it briefly, Osama successfully conveys a sense of oppression and dread, while Baran is visually beautiful and sometimes fun


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