Sensual and horrifying, "The Patience Stone" plays like a mesmerizing, modern take on the tales of Scheherazade and a parable on the suffering of Afghan women. The woman (Farahani) is alone with her ...

Tending to her comatose husband while soldiers overrun their shattered Mideast neighborhood, a worried woman unburdens herself, unsure if he can hear her. Rising Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani ...

In this deeply perceptive drama, a woman living in a war-torn country confides her fears to her paralyzed husband after he is abandoned by his family and fellow soldiers. In time, her confessions ...