English Title: The Patience Stone
Razor Film
Starring: Golshifteh Farahani, Hamid Djavadan
Directed by: Atiq Rahimi
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!
Synopsis: A woman (Golshifteh Farahani) watches over her paralyzed husband as war rages all around her.
Kitty Cameo: At one point the woman tells a story about when she was a little girl and her father owned prized quails. The man pays off a debt by giving a man the girl’s older sister as payment. Worried that she will be next, the girl feeds one of the quails to a stray cat who comes to their yard.
The woman explains that she got too close to the cat while it was eating and it scratched her face. She shows her paralyzed husband the scar.
Purr Blurs: Earlier in the film the woman goes to see her aunt. As she approaches the aunt’s dwelling two girls are playing with two kittens outside.
Later in the film the woman is walking toward her home. An orange and white cat jumps onto some tires and watches her pass.
Final Mewsings: Cats have a lot of patience.
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