The Patience Stone
She achieved her independence by telling stories filled with forbidden secrets
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.
Atiq Rahimi · Director
Atiq Rahimi · Screenplay
Jean-Claude Carrière · Screenplay
Actors
Golshifteh Farahani
The woman
Hamid Djavadan
The man
Hassina Burgan
The aunt
Massi Mrowat
The young soldier
Mohamed Al Maghraoui
The mullah
Malak Djaham Khazal
The neighbor
Faiz Fazil
Armed man
Hatim Seddiki
Soldier 1
Mouhcine Malzi
Soldier 2
Amine Ennaji
Soldier 3
Hiba Lharrak
Eldest daughter
Aya Abida
Youngest daughter
Fatima Mastouri
Old woman
Sabah Benseddik
Prostitute
Ahmed Ait Mahrabi
Man in armchair
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