The Patience Stone
The Patience Stone

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- 71/100 based on 5,366 votes
  • Released: 2013
  • Runtime: 102 mins
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  • Studio: ARTE France Cinéma
  • Genres: Drama - War

Somewhere, in Afghanistan or elsewhere, in a country torn apart by a war... A young woman in her thirties watches over her older husband in a decrepit room. He is reduced to the state of a vegetable because of a bullet in the neck. Not only is he abandoned by his companions of the Jihad, but also by his brothers. One day, the woman decides to tell the truth to him about her feelings about their relationship to her silent husband. She talks about her childhood, her suffering, ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Patience Stone:

Golshifteh Farahani
Hamid Djavadan
Hassina Burgan
Massi Mrowat
Mohamed Al Maghraoui
Malak Djaham Khazal

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Somewhere, in Afghanistan or elsewhere, in a country torn apart by a war... A young woman in her thirties watches over her older husband in a decrepit room. He is reduced to the state of a vegetable because of a bullet in the neck. Not only is he abandoned by his companions of the Jihad, but also by his brothers. One day, the woman decides to tell the truth to him about her feelings about their relationship to her silent husband. She talks about her childhood, her suffering, her frustrations, her loneliness, her dreams, her desires... She says things she could never have done before, even though they have been married for the past 10 years. Therefore, this paralyzed man unconsciously becomes syngue sabour, a magic stone which, according to Persian mythology, when placed in front of a person shields her from unhappiness, suffering, pains and miseries. In this wait for her husband to come back to life, the woman struggles to survive and live. She finds refuge in her aunt's place, who is a prostitute, and the only relative who understands her. The woman seeks to free herself from suffering through the words she delivers audaciously to her husband. But after weeks looking after him, she will actually reveal herself in the relationship she starts with a young soldier...

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Spirituality and Practice - 10/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn astonishing film about an Afghan woman's close-encounter with sex, power, and female desire after a loveless marriage and years of oppression by all the men in her life.
Killer Movie Reviews - 10/10 by Andrea ChaseIn a searing, provocative, and passionate performance, [Farahadi]performs a virtual monologue with such emotional precision that there is no need for the traditional call-and-response of dialogue driven films.
Portland Oregonian - 10/10 by Jamie S. RichThere are surprising developments and revelations along the way, and they all eventually dovetail into a beautiful conclusion.
Chicago Sun-Times - 9/10 by Bruce IngramRahimi simply made an inspired decision when he chose Farahani...who quietly but powerfully works her way through subtle shadings of emotion from fear to despair to anger to love to righteous vindication.
Los Angeles Daily News - 9/10 by Bob StraussExploitational eyes aside, "Patience Stone" can be pretty mesmerizing nonetheless, and it does anything but let the male breed off easy.
Cinemalogue - 9/10 by Todd JorgensonFarahani's central performance radiates with authenticity.
Newark Star-Ledger - 9/10 by Stephen WhittyThe camera observes, quietly. There is a stillness, not only in the images, but in the air itself.
Compuserve - 9/10 by Harvey S. KartenThe great Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani delivers what will doubtless be the year's most riveting series of monologues
Boston Globe - 8/10 by Ty BurrA startling fantasy of Muslim feminist empowerment that allows the Iranian-born actress Golshifteh Farahani to put on what amounts to a one-woman show.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 8/10 by Joe WilliamsAfghanistan-born Atiq Rahimi has powerfully adapted his own acclaimed novel, but the film is unlikely to play in the Middle Eastern countries to which this plea for sexual equality seems directed.

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