The Patience Stone (2012)

Original title

Syngué Sabour - Pierre de patience

Directed by

Atiq Rahimi

Genre

drama film

Country

Afghanistan, Germany, France

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 115 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman cares for her comatose husband in war-torn Afghanistan. She begins to speak openly to him for the first time, revealing long-hidden thoughts and secrets.

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What happens

The Patience Stone (Persian: سنگ صبور) is a 2012 French-Afghan war drama film directed by Atiq Rahimi, based on his 2008 novel of the same title. Written jointly by Jean-Claude Carrière and the director, the film stars Golshifteh Farahani, Hamid Djavadan, Massi Mrowat, and Hassina Burgan. The film was selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, although it was not nominated. Farahani was nominated for the Most Promising Actress category at the 39th César Awards. The film is set in Afghanistan and filmed in the country and in areas of Morocco that resembled Soviet-era housing in Kabul. It was produced with participation from the French Ministry of Culture (Ministère de la Culture), Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, and multiple independent film production companies. The U.S. release was distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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