This movie was Afghanistan’s entry into the Best Foreign Language Film for the 2013 Oscars. In Persia there is a legend that a magic stone exists. You can tell all your sorrows and secrets to this stone and, when the stone finally explodes, you will be free of all your suffering and worry. A young mother in a war torn-country is caring for her comatose husband. As the situation around her worsens she begins telling him of all the hurts and injuries she has endured during her life. When she reveals a deep, dark secret her “patience stone” finally explodes.
