The Patience Stone

"In a war-ridden country, a woman watches over her husband, comatose from a bullet in the neck and abandoned by Jihad companions and brothers. One day, the woman decides to say things to him she could never have done before."

Cast

Golshifteh Farahani

as The woman

Hamid Djavadan

as The man

Hassina Burgan

as The aunt

Massi Mrowat

as The young soldier

Mohamed Al Maghraoui

as The mullah

Malak Djaham Khazal

as The neighbor

Faiz Fazil

as Armed man

Hatim Seddiki

as Soldier 1

Mouhcine Malzi

as Soldier 2

Amine Ennaji

as Soldier 3

Hiba Lharrak

as Eldest daughter

Aya Abida

as Youngest daughter

Fatima Mastouri

as Old woman

Sabah Benseddik

as Prostitute

Ahmed Ait Mahrabi

as Man in armchair

Crew

Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela

Producer

Atiq Rahimi

Novel

Atiq Rahimi

Director

Malek Jahan Khazai

Costume Design

Thierry Arbogast

Director of Photography

Max Richter

Original Music Composer

Erwin Prib

Production Design

Hervé de Luze

Editor

Atiq Rahimi

Screenplay

Hani Farsi

Executive Producer

Sajjad Motamedzadeh

Boom Operator

Bénédicte Bellocq

Executive Producer

Dana Farzanehpour

Sound

Faraz Mesgari Abbasi

Sound Mixer

Anas Hamouch

Boom Operator

Xavier Prat

Sound Editor

Rémi Burah

Co-Producer

Lars Ginzel

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Lauraine Heftler

Associate Producer

Verona Meier

Associate Producer

Philippe Gautier

Line Producer

Noemi Hampel

Sound Designer

Michaël Gentile

Producer

Gerhard Meixner

Co-Producer

Roman Paul

Co-Producer

Jean-Claude Carrière

Screenplay

Delphine De Casanove

Art Direction