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With no food, no money, and the threat of stray bullets or marauding soldiers outside, The Woman is trapped. She cares for her vegetable-like husband not out of love, but out of a grim sense of duty. Initially, she talks to him out of boredom and frustration. But as days turn into nights, her monologues darken. She admits that she hated him. She confesses that her youngest daughter is not his. She reveals the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of his uncles. She tells him about the young soldier she took as a lover while he was away fighting.

The supporting cast is equally crucial. Hamid Djavadan plays "The Man," the comatose husband who serves as the silent repository for the woman’s pain. His stillness is a powerful counterpoint to Farahani’s frantic energy. Massi Mrowat appears as "The Young Soldier," a nervous, stuttering young man who arrives seeking sexual education, leading to a shocking and pivotal encounter that challenges the woman’s morality and agency. Hassina Burgan rounds out the cast as "The Aunt," a prostitute who represents the only semblance of freedom and understanding in the woman's brutal world. film the patience stone