Patience Stone (2012)
Anno di uscita: 2012
Nazione: Afghanistan, France, Germany, United Kingdom
Alternative Title: The Patience Stone, A Pedra de Paciência, La pierre de patience, Syngué Sabour - Pierre de patience, I petra tis ypomonis
Regista: Atiq Rahimi
Writer: Atiq Rahimi, Jean-Claude Carrière
Produzione & Genere
Produttore: Producer: Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela, Michaël Gentile
Co-Producer: Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul, Rémi Burah
Executive Producer: Bénédicte Bellocq, Hani Farsi
Società: ARTE France Cinéma, Razor Film Produktion, Studio 37, The Film
Genere: Drama, Film Based On Literature, War
Budget: N/A
Premi & Simili
Premi:
Simile: N/A
Parole chiave
Parole chiave: afghanistan, aunt, cheating wife, family relationships, female nudity, female protagonist, infertile husband, man in a coma, prostitute, rape, rape turns to consensual sex, sex with friend's wife, sex with husband's friend, stabbing, strangulation, waking up from a coma, wife has child of another man, wife has sex with another man, wife raped, woman strangled to death
Storia
In an unnamed war-torn country, possibly Afghanistan, a young woman in her thirties nurses her older husband who lies comatose due to a neck bullet wound. Abandoned by his Jihad companions and brothers, she stays with him despite their dire living conditions. After years of marriage, the wife decides to speak freely to her unresponsive husband about her true feelings, frustrations, and dreams - things she could never have expressed before. Unbeknownst to her, he becomes like a 'patience stone,' an ancient Persian mythical stone that shields one from unhappiness when confided in. As she struggles to survive, the woman finds solace with her aunt who is a prostitute and the only family member understanding of her situation. After weeks caring for her husband, she begins a relationship with a young soldier, revealing her own transformation and healing.
Riassunto
Patience Stone (2012) is a French-Afghan-German-British drama film directed by Atiq Rahimi, based on his own novel of the same name. Set against the backdrop of an unspecified war-torn country, the film explores themes of love, loss, and resilience through the story of a woman who finds her voice amidst chaos and hardship. The movie has been praised for its raw emotion and powerful performance by Golshifteh Farahani as the titular character. Though not explicit about the setting, it's understood to be Afghanistan due to the director's background and themes reminiscent of the country's conflict.
