“Poetic Masterpiece”: Rating 4.1 This is Golshifteh Farahan’s best film and the actor agrees!

Franco-Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani currently stars in Saeed Belqtibia’s first feature film Roqya. In this thriller, she plays Noor, a woman who deals with exotic animal smuggling. When the advice is wrong, it is accused of witchcraft. The residents of the neighborhood chase and separate the son, then he goes on a frantic race to save him. The hunt begins…

An intense feature film in which the actor plays a ruthless businessman who is pursued by the men in his neighborhood.

Presented out of competition at the 2024 Gérardmer Fantasy Film Festival, Roqya is one of the rare French thrillers in his career. Golshifteh Farahan. The latter made his film debut at the age of 15 in Dariush Mehrjui’s The Pear Tree and has more than 45 films to his credit today.

What is your favorite film from Golshifteh Farahan’s filmography?

In Golshifteh Farahan’s filmography, the top rated feature film by AlloCiné viewers is Atiq Rahim’s Syngué Sabour – Pierre de Patence. The feature film, released in theaters in February 2013, has an average audience rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 1,027 ratings and 182 reviews.

Syngué Sabour – Pierre de Patence is an adaptation of the 2008 Goncourt Prize-winning book of the same name by Atiq Rahim. Therefore, the author himself adapts his works, he wrote the adaptation together with the legendary screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière.

The action of the film takes place at the foot of the mountains of Kabul, the hero of the war lies in a coma; His young wife prays at his bedside to bring him back to life. A fratricidal war destroys the city; The fighters are at the door. A woman must run away with her two children, leave her husband and take refuge on the other side of town in a brothel run by her aunt. Returning to her husband, the young fighter forces her to fall in love. Against all expectations, she exposes herself, becomes aware of her body, frees herself from words to confide in her husband her memories, her most intimate desires… even her unspoken secrets. The deceiver then becomes, in spite of himself, his “Singue Sabour,” his stone of patience—that magic stone which we place before him to whisper to him all his secrets, his troubles, his sufferings…exploded!

Favorite movie of the actor himself

Golshifteh Farahan is in the minds of the audience as during our meeting with the actor to promote Roqya, the latter told us that Syngué Sabour is the most beautiful film of his career.

“This is truly one of the most beautiful films of my career. I loved working with Atiq Rahimi. I worked a lot on this film. It is an exciting film for women and the condition of women. For me, the message of the film is that men think they can control women, but she is , who thinks he’s in control, and that’s what he doesn’t understand. To me, you think you’re the winners, but in the end, you’re not.

I know this movie will go down in history forever and I am very proud of it.

It is a powerful work. I know this movie will go down in history forever and I am very proud of it. It’s poetry, the pictures, the work of Thierry Arbogast, our operations manager, are fantastic. And for me, acting in this movie was like therapy. Well, not really therapy, but playing that role was huge for me. I never bring the characters to the hotel room, I leave them on the set. But this role stayed with me. His sadness stayed with me. I really like this woman who doesn’t even have a name. We don’t know what his name is.”

The audience is excited

For the viewer, this film is a masterpiece “There is no need to read Atiq Rahim’s novel of the same name (2008 Goncourt Prize) to appreciate the beauty of this film. It is truly a spiritual masterpiece and poetic. The absence of music and very. Subtle imagery contributes to an almost surreal atmosphere in which Golshifteh Farahan delivers his monologue, Probably the best author’s film of the beginning of the century.

Netizen Corbett added: “I loved the book, the movie was even more powerful. The actress is incredible, definitely one of the best actresses in the world (and one of the most beautiful women in the world!). Great female movie!

Alain-92 gives it a 5-star rating and writes: “A great blow to the heart. Syngué Sabour – The Patience Stone, or the long and painful struggle of this young Afghan woman, who is going to find her way of life and find her freedom, she will have to overcome the imposed barriers. Aunty, ” The role of “liberator”, among other things, is an unforgettable make-up scene, which is completely mixed with sweetness and sensuality. Golshifteh Farahan It is noteworthy. Her beauty and talent alone are enough to be overwhelming, but there’s more to it, this brilliant, powerful and moving text that Golshifteh Farahan relies on to make it a very big moment of cinema in its own right. Photography is tough and brilliant at the same time. The minimalist design adapts to the subject intelligently and perfectly. It’s a difficult film, but a must-see.”

Vilizak also appreciates the actress’s performance: “The actress is really settled (and magnificent) her performance is worth 3 stars in itself, the director paints for us a picture of the oppressed Muslim woman who finds herself in it”Patience Stone“A way to free yourself from all your unspoken things and secrets. An inevitable moment, but a film that stands out for its theme and the way it tells this monologue.”

For JMartin “Syngué Sabour talks about love, the female body, pleasure, lies, disappointment, in a country where everything related to sex is rejected. Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani carries it all on her shoulders, the film is beautiful, precise, moving… The photography is amazing, the film spares her Settings, because it takes place almost behind closed doors, gets all its breadth from this color treatment… absolutely worth seeing.” Finally, annereporter94 concludes: “Let’s not talk about a masterpiece, but an absolutely fascinating film. We can also write an absolute, exciting… but above all, not tearful. The main actor has a lot to do with this impression of authenticity and realism…”