Faces Places

Exempt
2017
|
89 mins
Trailer
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Octogenarian French director Agnès Varda hits the road with young photo-muralist JR, creating artworks, looking up old friends and making... More

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Faces Places | Ratings & Reviews

"How does one begin to describe Faces Places? This superb film is infused with such zest and joie de vivre, making it resplendent in so many ways. It is so unorthodox and original that invoking simple labels or catch-all definitions to describe it feels like a disservice to the filmmakers. Yet the film unfolds without a hint of pretentiousness or self-importance, even when it broaches the kinds of questions usually underscored by highlighter pen: about life; mortality; the joys of human and geographical features."

Flicks, Luke BuckmasterFlicks

"She’s 88, and makes films like she’s 28. Her movies are the opposite of old wo(man’s) movies. They’re a tonic — just watching them makes you feel younger."

VarietyVariety

"The film works just fine as an anthology of amiable encounters and improvised collaborations. But it's a lot more than that."

The New York TimesThe New York Times

"Working for the first time with a co-director, French artist JR, the veteran documentary maker makes a near-perfect study of ‘faces and places’."

The GuardianThe Guardian

"It works, as a playful yet impressive tribute."

Sydney Morning HeraldSydney Morning Herald

"Invested with a real sense of joy, Faces Places is also something of a lament for a fast disappearing France."

Screen DailyScreen Daily

"Sheer perfection. French New Wave veteran Agnes Varda and the young photographer JR leap fearlessly into the art of making art in the year's best and most beguiling doc."

Rolling StoneRolling Stone

""Faces Places" turns out to be a road movie in more than a merely literal sense. It is at once a roving journey into environments we rarely see in cinema and an incomplete but invaluable map of Varda's memories."

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times

"Only recently acquainted, the two creators hit it off famously and collaborate with great ease on a journey driven by mutual curiosity and creative application."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"Deliberately simple but surprisingly satisfying."

FilmInkFilmInk

Faces Places | Details

Award winner
Winner of the Golden Eye (JR, Varda) and the Palme de Whiskers (Mimi), 2017 Cannes Film Festival
Rating
Exempt,
Runtime
89
Genre
Documentary
Country of origin
France

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