FILM REVIEW

Film Review

Film Review

Introduction

Before 9/11, Taliban just not have a bad appearance to the world but also for their own country civilians in Afghanistan, especially for Women. There was a sub sub-human status of women under the rule of Taliban. They makes their own rules and regulation under which mothers are not allowed to work, brutal punishment for those people who help women mullahs use their power on a force marriage with fatherless girls. However, personal courage to change the world from Malalai Joya (28 years old women) from Afghanistan is an important character in movie Enemies of Happiness whose determination is to explore women rights and equality (Enemies of Happiness, 2006). This paper comparing the cultural changes depicted in the two movies “Osama” and “Enemies of Happiness”.

Discussion

Director Siddiq Barmak makes his film debut from film Osama which was totally featured the Afghanistan culture since Taliban rules comes to an end. In his film, Barmak feature a young girl Marina Golbahari and her mother Zobeydeh Sahar in the demonstration of the women rights in Afghanistan (Osama, 2003). It was totally against the human rights of women that Barmak cast in his movie, such as Taliban take over the hospitals where mothers secretly works to earn their livelihood but they were arrested and sent to jailed. However, in order to earn money, mother dresses her young girl as a boy and encouraged her to attend school. Entire film entitled that she struggles to maintain her disguise only to survive.

Cultural Issues for Afghan Women

Child Marriage

More than 55% of the Afghan girls married or engaged under age of 10 years. Almost 63% got married under age of 15 years and their husband are far older men- around 60 years to whom they meet at the time of wedding (Rubin, 2010). There is also a lack of security and a high risk of kidnapping, rape and families forces their young girls into the marriage. Major consequence was that some girls are become bartered into marriage only to repay their debt or in case of resolving dispute.

Health Issues

Young women girls force to marriage at very young age thus results babies while they still young teens- increase the health problems for girls and their babies as well. Doubleday, (2006) indicates that, in Kabul it is common for young girls (under age of 14 years) to admit in hospital shortly ...