20 Oct 2004 Director: Siddiq Barmak Afghanistan 2003 82 min In Afganistan, the Taliban close the factory where a 12 year old girl and her mother work. They forbid women to leave their houses without a male ‘legal companion’. The males in their family are dead. The mother has nowhere to turn, so she disguises… Continue reading Osama
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The Patience Stone
22 Oct 2014 Director: Atiq Rahimi Afghanistan, France, Germany, UK 2012 102 min In this drama from French-Afghan director Atiq Rahimi and based on his own prize-winning novel, a young Afghan woman (Golshifteh Farahani) struggles to care for her husband who has been incapacitated in a shooting. As food becomes short and a war wages… Continue reading The Patience Stone