As war rages around a softspoken woman in an unknown wartorn middle eastern country, her husband lies in a coma. Australia 3 august 20 melbourne international film festival usa 14 august 20 new york city, new. The patience stone syngue sabour, 2012 concerns a young womans selfrealization in wartorn afghanistan. Even so the film follows the books plot and characterisations fairly faithfully. Her husband has unconsciously become syngue sabour the patience. Her husband has unconsciously become syngue sabour the patience stone a.
Sony pictures classics presents the patience stone. Memoire online usage des symboles dans syngue sabour pierre. She achieved her independence by telling stories filled with forbidden secrets. Samrala, ladian village of major aziz bhatti shaheed, rolia and shampur are neighbouring villages. It takes place somewhere in afghanistan or elsewhere as indicated by the author and all of the action is confined to a small house in which a woman cares for her comatose husband. Our film adaptation moves away from this static, theatrical situation, by rearranging the linear narrative to a more cinematic structure. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 48 hours. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. In a country torn apart by war, a woman seeks to free herself from suffering by caring for her vegetative husband. Therefore, this paralyzed man unconsciously becomes syngue sabour, a magic stone which.
Like many of the films produced in neighboring iran, this frenchafghanistan coproduction takes on the big issues of how one can fashion a meaningful life in difficult social circumstances. Jury members praised syngue sabour for its elegant portrayal of the oppressive nature of afghan society. Golshifteh farahani, hamidreza javdan, hassina burganplus genre. Bigger pictures, shuiyi investments et criterion licensing references.
She says things she could never have done before, even though they have been married for the past 10 years. I watched this movie to get a taste of someone elses view on the life of a married couple in a. He is reduced to the state of a vegetable because of a bullet. The patience stone the patience stone audiobook, by atiq rahimi.
In her struggle, she reveals herself in a new relationship with a young soldier. Golshifteh farahani, hamidreza javdan, hassina burgan genre. Syngue sabur is narrated by a nameless young woman a conduit, a living vessel for the grievances of millions of women like her, hosseini, p. The books central idea is the myth of syngue sabour, the patience stone, a stone on which you can shed your misfortunes, your complaints, your secrets until its so full it bursts. The movie, in most part, is a monologue, by the woman played by golshifteh farahani, confiding her secrets to her husband. The patience stone by atiq rahimi overdrive rakuten. Therefore, this paralyzed man unconsciously becomes sange sabour, a magic stone. Atiq rahimis syngue sabour is not a classical war novel, in spite of the fact that war is the organizing theme of the novel. One day, the woman decides to say things to him she could never have done before. Dialogues francophones volume 212015, pages 918 doi. She is forced to send her two children to live with her aunt while she struggles to keep him alive. In persian folklore, syngue sabour is the name of a magical black stone, a patience stone, that absorbs the plight of those who confide in it. Similarly, golshifteh farahani, the iranian actress who plays the films.
He is reduced to the state of a vegetable because of a bullet in. Why the patience stone is the one film you should watch this week subscribe to the guardian here. Family feuds have reduced the womans city into a deserted ruin and for the past three weeks her husband has been in a. Atiq rahimis film, based on his own book which won the prestigious french prix. How to watch the patience stone 2012 hd online streaming. Jul 05, 2015 the patience stone syngue sabour trailer. Therefore, this paralyzed man unconsciously becomes syngue sabour, a magic stone which, according to persian mythology, when placed in front of a person shields her from unhappiness, suffering, pains and miseries. Avec golshifteh farahani, hassina burgan, massi mrowat, hamidreza javdan.
A young woman in her thirties watches over her older husband in a decrepit room. One difference that puzzled me was that in the koran is taken away by the first group of muhadenne, leaving only the feather behind. She achieved her independence by telling stories filled with forbidden secrets a woman in an unnamed, wartorn middle eastern country delivers an engrossing, emotional monologue to her comatose husband, in novelist and filmmaker atiq rahimis poetic and politically charged. By following the womans pointofview, the camera is able to leave the bedroom, to follow the main character out of the house, in to.
Syngue sabour en streaming vf gratuit complet hd 2012 en. By following the womans pointofview, the camera is able to leave the bedroom, to follow the main character out of the house, in to the streets of kabul, into the heart of the war. Sange saboor from movie santoori in persian folklore, syngue sabour is the name of a magical black stone, a patience stone. Golshifteh farahani syngue sabour the patience stone earlie lane. In this wait for her husband to come back to life, the woman struggles to survive and live.
Rahimi, born in 1962, left afghanistan in his 20s and gained asylum in france, where he studied filmmaking at the sorbonne. Therefore, this paralysed man unconsciously becomes syngue sabour, a magic stone which, according to persian mythology, when placed in front of a person. Why the patience stone is the one film you should watch this week. In a war ridden country a woman watches over the husband reduced to a vegetable state by a bullet in the neck, abandoned by jihad companions and brothers. Drama, war somewhere, in afghanistan or elsewhere, in a country torn apart by a war a young woman in her thirties watches over her older husband in a decrepit room. With golshifteh farahani, hamid djavadan, hassina burgan, massi mrowat. The patience stone or syngue sabour is a remarkable little book. It is believed that the day it explodes, after having received too much hardship and pain, will be the day of the apocalypse. In persian folklore, syngue sabour is the name of a magical black stone, a patience stone, which absorbs the plight of those who confide in it. In syngue sabour, her father beats her, he gives her sister to pay a debt, she is forced. The film however, belongs to and is carried by golshifteh farahanis magnificent performance. This is a very tough role where she has to, for most part, talk to a body lying motionless and unresponsive on the ground, unable to engage in any dialogue. Thank you for putting this to film i really fell into the experience.