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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 02 Oct 2013

Afghanistan-born Atiq Rahimi has powerfully adapted his own acclaimed novel, but the film is unlikely to play in the Middle Eastern countries…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 29 Sep 2013

Farahani's central performance radiates with authenticity…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 18 Sep 2013

A startling fantasy of Muslim feminist empowerment that allows the Iranian-born actress Golshifteh Farahani to put on what amounts to a one-woman…

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By Hank Sartin (101) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 15 Sep 2013

The story is so stripped down it feels like minimalist theater…

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By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 11 Sep 2013

Farahani’s performance is outstanding. She comes across as both delicate and fierce, and her sad-eyed anguish is palpable…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 09 Sep 2013

The Patience Stone has a feminine viewpoint, yes, but it is also an indictment of a culture that would repress women's rights en total…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 05 Sep 2013

[A] quietly fierce condemnation of fundamentalist Muslim society's treatment of women…

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By Bruce Ingram (70) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 05 Sep 2013

Rahimi simply made an inspired decision when he chose Farahani...who quietly but powerfully works her way through subtle shadings of emotion…

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By Barbara Vandenburgh (315) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 04 Sep 2013

The Patience Stone largely functions as a one-woman play, with Farahani’s character soliloquizing over her husband’s body…

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By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Sep 2013

Most impressive, however, is Farahani's lead performance…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 04 Sep 2013

It is a tour de force for the actress, needless to say. Iranian Golshifteh Farahani is wonderful in the role…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 31 Aug 2013

If Rahimi begins his film in a room so bare it resembles a cell, he ends it in the selfsame one like something out of 'Arabian Nights,' his…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 30 Aug 2013

In a searing, provocative, and passionate performance, [Farahadi]performs a virtual monologue with such emotional precision that there is no…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 29 Aug 2013

A genuine political psychodrama that makes its point with a sledgehammer…

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By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 28 Aug 2013

Anchoring the film is an outstanding performance from Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, who plays the timid, nameless woman who comes to…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 22 Aug 2013

The film’s title is derived from a magical black stone of Persian lore that reputedly absorbs the burdens of those who speak to it until…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 22 Aug 2013

A unique, intimately scaled and enormously affecting dissection of patriarchal culture, anchored by a wonderful performance from Golshifteh Farahani…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Orange County Register (218) on 21 Aug 2013

It's a tragedy streaked with nightmare farce…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 16 Aug 2013

Mesmerizing Farahani. . . makes for a very tense film…

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By Leonard Maltin (609) for leonardmaltin.com (584) on 16 Aug 2013

With so many dramas depicting the varied facets of life in war-torn Middle Eastern countries, none are quite like this intimate depiction of…

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