The Patience Stone is a movie directed by Atiq Rahimi in 2012 and based on the book of the same name by Atiq Rahimi, first published in 2008. The movie features Golshifteh Farahani, Hamid Djavadan, Hassina Burgan, Massi Mrowat, Mohamed Al Maghraoui, Malak Djaham Khazal, and others.
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Storyline
In a country torn by war, a woman cares for her husband who has been left in a vegetative state due to a bullet wound in the neck, deserted by his Jihad friends and siblings. One day, she resolves to voice thoughts and feelings to him that she was previously unable to express.
Movie vs Book
Year
2012
Minutes
102
Movie Rate
6.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Patience Stone
Original title: Syngué sabour, pierre de patience
Director: Atiq Rahimi
Country: Afghanistan
Year: 2012
Length: 1h42m
Year
2008
Pages
141
Book Rate
7.36
S: Goodreads
Book
The Patience Stone
Original title: Syngué sabour : Pierre de patience
Author: Atiq Rahimi
Country: France
First published in: 2008
Length: 141 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“With novels one has more control and more satisfaction. The best thing about filmmaking is the team work, and the worst thing about filmmaking is it’s a team.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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