The Patience Stone [2012]

2nd July at 7:30pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: Atiq Rahimi

Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 hour 42 mins 
Starring: Golshifteh Farahani, Massi Mrowat, Hamid Djavadan, Hassina Burgan

Certificate: 15

Synopsis: In a country torn apart by a war, in Afghanistan or elsewhere, a beautiful young woman is left alone to care for her wounded husband who has been in a coma for the past two weeks. With no improvement in his condition, food and water in short supply and a war raging around her, she begins a heartfelt monologue in the hope that he will awaken and recover. She talks about her childhood, her dreams and frustrations, her loneliness, her desires and suffering….For the very first time in her life she is able to confess her deepest feelings, believing he has become her ’Patience Stone’, a magical stone which, according to Persian mythology, will deliver her from her pain and torment. Subtitled. As part of SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH