Faces Places

Name: Faces Places
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 6, 2017
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 94
Cast: Agnès Varda, Amaury Bossy, Claude Ferchal, Claude Flaert, J.R.

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Cohen Media Group | Release Date: October 6, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Agnès Varda, Amaury Bossy, Claude Ferchal, Claude Flaert, J.R., Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Beaujon, Jeannine Carpentier, JR, Laurent Levesque, Marie Douvet, Vincent Gils, Yves Boulen

Summary: 89-year old Agnes Varda, one of the leading figures of the French New Wave, and acclaimed 33 year-old French photographer and muralist JR teamed up to co-direct this enchanting documentary/road movie. Kindred spirits, Varda and JR share a lifelong passion for images and how they are created, displayed and shared. Together they travel around89-year old Agnes Varda, one of the leading figures of the French New Wave, and acclaimed 33 year-old French photographer and muralist JR teamed up to co-direct this enchanting documentary/road movie. Kindred spirits, Varda and JR share a lifelong passion for images and how they are created, displayed and shared. Together they travel around the villages of France in JR’s photo truck meeting locals, learning their stories and producing epic-size portraits of them. The photos are prominently displayed on houses, barns, storefronts and trains revealing the humanity in their subjects, and themselves. Faces Places documents these heart-warming encounters as well as the unlikely, tender friendship they formed along the way. [Cohen Media Group]… Expand

Director: Agnès Varda and JR

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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Ty Burr

Nov 1, 2017

The documentary is an absolute delight, but it has a faith in everyday folks that feels both stalwart and melancholy, aware that these are exactly the people being swept away by the tides of modernity. It’s a sociopolitical cri de coeur disguised as a vacation. Read full review

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A.O. Scott

Oct 5, 2017

Faces Places reveals itself as a powerful, complex and radical work. Read full review

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Oct 11, 2017

The film is an intensely personal record, yet also a universal contemplation. Faces Places leaves the viewer with a sense of the glories of images and communication – sometimes random, sometimes specific, always continual and cumulative. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

May 28, 2017

The two creators hit it off famously and collaborate with great ease on a journey driven by mutual curiosity and creative application. Read full review

Alissa Wilkinson

May 28, 2017

Visages, Villages is quite a moving film, and speaks to a particular cultural mindset that knits art into the fabric of public life. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Oct 6, 2017

Agnes Varda is almost 90 years old and she is still making fantastic films. Searching, compassionate, provocative, funny, sad ones. This is one of them. You should see it, and then go dancing in the streets. Read full review

Walter Addiego

Oct 25, 2017

Because of age and illness, Varda is losing her sight, and Faces Places, which she co-directed, could be her last film. If so, she’s going out on a high note. Read full review

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foreignfilmfan

Feb 6, 2018

Exquisite, a masterpiece! A joy to see again and again! Restores one's faith in humanity and in the power of art - as art should surprise us, yes?

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CMC

Jan 12, 2018

This is a wonderful film, deceptively simple but actually carefully crafted, reflecting on the past and present, life, memory, real people, and the role of images in our lives. Fun to watch, life-affirming. I absolutely cannot imagine where any negative reviews might come from, and theThis is a wonderful film, deceptively simple but actually carefully crafted, reflecting on the past and present, life, memory, real people, and the role of images in our lives. Fun to watch, life-affirming. I absolutely cannot imagine where any negative reviews might come from, and the critic score is a good indication of the value of this film. Unique, inventive, real.… Expand

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alejandro970

Apr 29, 2018

A tour de force into the how was done the best traveling photo gallery of the world, with endearing artists and models. The best example of how documentaries are not boring.

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rafathefelix

Jul 4, 2018

O documentário retrata uma experiência fotográfica e cinematográfica de dois talentos mundialmente reconhecidas por questionarem a cultura da exibição das imagens: Agnès Varda, cineasta, e JR, fotógrafo e criador de galerias e exposições fotográficas ao ar livre. Juntos, eles viajam porO documentário retrata uma experiência fotográfica e cinematográfica de dois talentos mundialmente reconhecidas por questionarem a cultura da exibição das imagens: Agnès Varda, cineasta, e JR, fotógrafo e criador de galerias e exposições fotográficas ao ar livre. Juntos, eles viajam por regiões da França bem longe dos centros urbanos, com um caminhão que captura imagens de forma mágica.… Expand

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lucasabezerra

Jan 4, 2018

masterpiece, talented brilliant incredible amazing show stopping spectacular never the same totally unique

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JLuis_001

May 23, 2018

Sit back and relax. Experience it, enjoy it, live it.
This is a road trip that you do not get tired of and you're just waiting for more.

An adventure about art and life, as simple as that but more thrilling and energizing than many other things around.

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Deanomite

Feb 9, 2020

I like the van with a huge printer and photo booth built inside. The French people and villages are friendly and nice. The basic idea is disagreeable to me, its narcissistic to put all these blown up images of people everywhere on these beautiful old buildings. If it was in the US, theI like the van with a huge printer and photo booth built inside. The French people and villages are friendly and nice. The basic idea is disagreeable to me, its narcissistic to put all these blown up images of people everywhere on these beautiful old buildings. If it was in the US, the person with the picture would become an object of jealous hatred by all others. Some of the subjects talk about disliking the attention, it's little more than an excuse for selfies, which there is too much of already. The horse that thinks it is a sheepdog was my favorite part.… Expand

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