The Patience Stone (2012)
Set in Afghanistan, The Patience Stone is a partly allegorical tales of a Muslim wife tending her comatose husband who has been shot in the neck. As she cares for him, for the first time ever she is able to speak to him without fear of censorship and he becomes, for her, like the mythical Patience Stone to which you tell your troubles and when the stone finally bursts, you are free from your torments.
Primary Title
- The Patience Stone
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 22 December 2019
Release Year
- 2012
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 20
Duration
- 110:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- Set in Afghanistan, The Patience Stone is a partly allegorical tales of a Muslim wife tending her comatose husband who has been shot in the neck. As she cares for him, for the first time ever she is able to speak to him without fear of censorship and he becomes, for her, like the mythical Patience Stone to which you tell your troubles and when the stone finally bursts, you are free from your torments.
Classification
- AO
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- Persian
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Rahimi, Atiq, 1962---Film adaptations
- Feature films--Afghanistan
- Women--Afghanistan--Social conditions--Drama
- Women--Afghanistan--Psychology--Drama
- Coma--Patients--Drama
- Muslim women--Afghanistan--Drama
- Islamic fundamentalism--Drama
Genres
- Drama
- War
Contributors
- Atiq Rahimi (Director)
- Jean-Claude Carrière (Writer)
- Atiq Rahimi (Writer)
- Golshifteh Farahani (Actor)
- Hamid Djavadan (Actor)
- Hassina Burgan (Actor)
- Massi Mrowat (Actor)
- Mohamed Al Maghraoui (Actor)
- Malak Djaham Khazal (Actor)
- Michael Gentile (Producer)
- Max Richter (Composer)
- Thierry Arbogast (Cinematographer)
- Studio 37 (Production Unit)
- THE Film (Production Unit)
- Corniche Pictures (Production Unit)
- Arte France cinéma (Production Unit)
- Jahan-e-Honar Productions (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Rahimi, Atiq, 1962---Film adaptations
- Feature films--Afghanistan
- Women--Afghanistan--Social conditions--Drama
- Women--Afghanistan--Psychology--Drama
- Coma--Patients--Drama
- Muslim women--Afghanistan--Drama
- Islamic fundamentalism--Drama