The Patience Stone (film)

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The Patience Stone
Directed by	Atiq Rahimi
Written by	Atiq Rahimi Jean-Claude Carrière
Produced by	Michael Gentile
Starring	Golshifteh Farahani Hamid Djavadan Massi Mrowat Hassina Burgan Malik Akhlaqi
Cinematography	Thierry Arbogast
Edited by	Hervé de Luze
Music by	Max Richter
Release date	11 October 2012 (2012-10-11) (London Film Festival)
Countries	Afghanistan France
Language	Dari Persian

The Patience Stone (Persian: سنگ صبور) is a 2012 French-Afghan war drama film directed by Atiq Rahimi, based on his 2008 novel of the same title. Written jointly by Jean-Claude Carrière and the director, the film stars Golshifteh Farahani, Hamid Djavadan, Massi Mrowat, and Hassina Burgan.

The film was selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, although it was not nominated.^[1] Farahani was nominated for the Most Promising Actress category at the 39th César Awards.^[2] The film is set in Afghanistan and filmed in-country and in areas of Morocco that resembled Soviet-era housing in Kabul. It was produced with participation from the French Ministry of Culture (Ministère de la Culture), Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, and multiple independent film production companies. The U.S. release was distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.