The Patience Stone

A poignant and visually breathtakingly film about oppression and self-liberation, love and war – this means giving the fight of the Afghan women a voice. Author Atiq Rahimi's adapts his own bestselling novel about a Muslim woman whose paralyzed husband unconsciously assumes the role of a magical force, which shields her from the sorrows of life in her war-torn village. Her unnamed Middle Eastern country caught up in an insurrection, the loyal, thirtysomething wife faithfully sits watch over her vegetative husband, who has been all but forgotten by his brothers and fellow Jihadists. Over time, she gathers the courage to tell her husband all of the things she had remained silent about during their 10 years of marriage.

Keywords

  • Arthouse
  • Made in Germany
  • middle east
  • Rapid Eye Movies
  • Rapid Eye Movies Asia
  • religion
  • war
  • women

Actors

  • Golshifteh Farahani
  • Hamid Djavadan
  • Hassina Burgan

Director

  • Atiq Rahimi

Drama


1h 44min


12 FSK

FA


DE

Afghanistan
France
Germany
United Kingdom
2012
A poignant and visually breathtakingly film about oppression and self-liberation, love and war – this means giving the fight of the Afghan women a voice.

A poignant and visually breathtakingly film about oppression and self-liberation, love and war – this means giving the fight of the Afghan women a voice.


Author Atiq Rahimi's adapts his own bestselling novel about a Muslim woman whose paralyzed husband unconsciously assumes the role of a magical force, which shields her from the sorrows of life in her war-torn village. Her unnamed Middle Eastern country caught up in an insurrection, the loyal, thirtysomething wife faithfully sits watch over her vegetative husband, who has been all but forgotten by his brothers and fellow Jihadists. Over time, she gathers the courage to tell her husband all of the things she had remained silent about during their 10 years of marriage.

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