The Patience Stone

The Patience Stone (2012)

  • 86% want to see it
    (35 ratings)

R,
Directed By
Written By
Jean-Claude Carriere, Atiq Rahimi
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Aug 14, 2013 Limited
Sony Pictures Classics

Critic Reviews

  • Jesse Cataldo, Slant Magazine

    While Atiq Rahimi's film may peel away the many layers of its female lead like an onion, the end result is still just an onion.

  • Simon Miraudo, Quickflix

    The only ferociousness comes from Farahani... She gives The Patience Stone its gravitas.

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  • Saskia D


    A beautiful film about a young woman in a country torn by war, caring for her paralyzed husband, who was wounded in battle. When praying fails to revive him, she resorts to telling him all her secrets. It's almost a long monologue, but the pace, Golshifteh Farahani's… More

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