The Patience Stone
THE PATIENCE STONE
Al-Qahhar...
Al-Qahhar...
Try to hold your breath.
Just once.
If you're able to breathe,
you can hold your breath.
Hold it!
Can you hear me?
No.
Nothing.
The mullah said that after two
weeks, you would talk and hear.
Today
is the 16th day.
Still nothing.
What else can I do?
I've had enough of praying
all day long.
I must talk to the mullah about it.
Mommy!
Mommy!
I'm coming!
What do you want?
There are no bananas left.
We'll go buy some.
You're killing me.
I'll fetch some more serum.
Okay?
Come on, girls.
We're going out.
We're coming, we're coming!
Bibi!
Come on, let's go!
- Bibi, has the water-bearer been yet?
- No.
Come on!
Hurry.
Here's your medicine.
Sister, you need to pay me.
The pharmacist refused.
We owe him too much.
We'll do the same as before.
Water with sugar and salt in it.
It'll keep you going a few days.
I have to go see my aunt.
To ask her for money.
I'm going, all right?
Why do I ask for permission?
Who is it?
What do you want?
I'm here to see my aunt.
Your aunt? She moved out.
Where is she?
I don't know.
- Where?
- I don't know.
My aunt has left.
She didn't let me know.
I have no one left!
She doesn't know what
has happened to us.
Don't leave me alone.
Don't leave me alone.
Your brothers have left, too.
With your mother.
The brothers so proud
to see you fight.
A mother who'd have sacrificed
herself for a lock of your hair!
They've all left
instead of helping me.
The cowards!
They didn't try to find out
why you were wounded.
They didn't know you fought
because of an insult
just because a man said to you,
"I spit in your mother's pussy!"
Someone on your own side!
You get insulted
and end up with a
bullet in the neck.
A fight...
Such an absurd fight!
They've all left.
The cowards!
Come back!
Come back, for the love of God.
My God, help him.
Help him!
He fought so long for you,
and now you abandon him like this!
The mullah won't come tonight.
The water-bearer
hasn't been either.
I hope he's still alive.
Mommy, it's dark.
I'm scared.
I'm coming. Don't be scared.
I'm here.
Mommy, I'm thirsty.
Me, too.
So is Mommy.
There's no water left.
Mommy, who are you talking to?
Your father.
Why is Daddy angry?
He isn't,
but he will be if we bother him.
Who is it?
It's me, the mullah.
Hello, my sister.
I'm here for the prayer.
- Not today.
- Why not?
Since yesterday, I'm impure.
What?
Impure!
I have my period!
- So did Eve.
- All right, all right.
It was a Tuesday, wasn't it?
A Tuesday?
Perhaps... That's possible.
I'll come back in a few days' time.
If you want your husband
to recover, pray.
May God preserve you.
Daddy?
Are you asleep?
Take this out!
There's a fly!
Yuck! Get it out.
Daddy, tell us a story.
What are you doing?
Get out!
There's a fly in Daddy's mouth!
What have they done to you?
I hope they haven't hurt you.
Just a second, I want
to check on something.
Still not healed.
It's taking so long!
Can you feel anything?
Does it hurt?
No...
It doesn't hurt.
You're not in pain.
You're never in pain.
How can you live with a
bullet in your neck?
You're the one wounded,
and I'm the one suffering.
Brothers,
attack our homes.
Come to the mosque!
Our venerable commander
will give you weapons
to protect your families
and your honor!
They're handing out more weapons!
They're going to fight.
They're pleased.
Get up! They'll kill you!
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