The Patience Stone
Filmfest 2013
PT: Stein der Geduld
OT: SYNGUÉ SABOUR, PIERRE DE PATIENCE
Afghanistan, Germany, France 2012
Original version with German subtitles
(Original: Farsi)
German Premiere
Director: Atiq Rahimi
Section: CineVision
A woman in an unnamed, war-torn Middle Eastern country delivers an engrossing, emotional monologue to her comatose husband, in novelist and filmmaker Atiq Rahimi's poetic and politically charged allegory based on his award-winning novel... Set in an anonymous Islamic country beset by armed insurrection, Rahimi's second film is a probing, poetic and politically charged allegory that employs a deceptively simple scenario to address the plight of modern-day Muslim women who are still ruled by archaic laws and traditions... With this beguiling work, Rahimi has given all faceless and speechless Muslim women an opportunity to share what is going on behind their veils and in their minds."
Piers Handling
Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Hassina Burgan, Massi Mrowat, Hamidreza Djavdan
Credits
Screenplay: Atiq Rahimi, Jean-Claude Carrière, von / by: Atiq Rahimi
Director of Photography: Thierry Arbogast
Film Editor: Hervé de Luze
Composer: Max Richter
Production Designer: Erwin Prib
Costume Design: Malak Djaham Khazai
Sound: Dana Farzaneh Pour
Producer: Michael Gentile
Production Company: The Film, Koproduktion: Studio 37, Corniche Group, Razor Film, Arte France Cinema, Jahan-E-Honar Productions
Co-Producer: Roman Paul, Gerhard Meixner, Hani Farsi
World Sales: Le Pacte
Distributor: Rapid Eye Movies HE GmbH
Director: Atiq Rahimi
