The war-torn, beleaguered Muslim city and characters of The Patience Stone are nameless and fictional, yet all too real and representative of actual people, places and stories from distant lands that flit on the periphery of our awareness in the news. A woman (Golsifteh Farahani) cares for a husband in a coma and two young children in a war zone. Her cruel, indifferent and frequently absent husband was not a ray of sunshine while conscious, nor was he much of a listener, so in a way nothing really changed. Encouraged by a story of a woman who learned to transcend suffering by revealing her desires and secrets to a "patience stone," the woman substitutes her comatose husband for the stone. Now, like it or not, he has to listen! Now she has a voice. She pours out her heartache, painful memories and passions in the hope of a better future.
This fascinating, enlightening and heartrending film provides insight into the plight of women trapped by obsolete customs and insensitivity. The Patience Stone is written and directed by man, but one who is sympathetic to a good cause. While it lacks depth in imagery and action, and is pretty much a long monologue, The Patience Stone helps to illuminate the hearts of Muslim women and a distant area of the world. It is based on the director's novel of same name. Seen at the Miami International Film Festival.
This fascinating, enlightening and heartrending film provides insight into the plight of women trapped by obsolete customs and insensitivity. The Patience Stone is written and directed by man, but one who is sympathetic to a good cause. While it lacks depth in imagery and action, and is pretty much a long monologue, The Patience Stone helps to illuminate the hearts of Muslim women and a distant area of the world. It is based on the director's novel of same name. Seen at the Miami International Film Festival.