The Patience Stone

“She achieved her independence by telling stories filled with forbidden secrets”

7.1

2013

1h 42m

DramaWar

In a war-ridden country, a woman watches over her husband, comatose from a bullet in the neck and abandoned by Jihad companions and brothers. One day, the woman decides to say things to him she could never have done before.

Key Crew

Director

Atiq Rahimi

Producers

Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela

Michaël Gentile

Writers

Atiq Rahimi

Jean-Claude Carrière

Cinematography

Thierry Arbogast

Music

Max Richter

Cast (15)

Golshifteh Farahani

The woman

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