Variety
With "3 Faces," the caged Panahi is determined to sing someone else's song, and in times like these, such generosity of spirit is its own quietly fierce act of cinematic defiance.
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3 Faces
Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi (Tehran Taxi) and screen star Behnaz Jafari head to a village when she receives a distressing video from a fan. Winner of Best Screenplay at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
"Well-known actress Behnaz Jafari is left distraught when she comes across a provincial girl’s video plea for help, after her family prevents her from taking up her studies at the Tehran drama conservatory. Behnaz abandons her shoot and turns to filmmaker Jafar Panahi to help with the young girl’s troubles. They travel by car to the rural northwest, where they have amusing encounters with the charming and generous folk of the girl’s mountain village. But Behnaz and Jafar also discover that old traditions die hard." (Sydney Film Festival)
2018Rating: M, Suicide references100 minsIranPersian with English subtitles
DramaWorld CinemaFestival & Independent
- Director:
- Jafar Panahi ('Tehran Taxi', 'Offside', 'The Circle (2000)')
- Writer:
- Jafar PanahiNader Saeivar
- Cast:
- Behnaz JafariJafar PanahiMarziyeh RezaeiMaedeh ErteghaeiNarges Delaram
3 Faces / Reviews
The New York Times
The story is streamlined, simple and elegant, but the plot is thickly layered.
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New Zealand Herald
More concerned with mood than plot, the observational film carries impassioned feminist undertones.
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Los Angeles Times
"3 Faces" may be modest and low-key on the surface, but its surprises are worth preserving, its insights casually profound.
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