Faces Places

PG

Released Oct 6, 2017

1 hr. 29 min.

Documentary

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Director Agnès Varda and photographer and muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.

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Critics Consensus

Equal parts breezily charming and poignantly powerful, Faces Places is a unique cross-generational portrait of life in rural France from the great Agnès Varda.

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Daniel Q

Swjisinosoni☠️☠️☠️🐵☠️🐵🐵☠️ wtf did I do

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/22/23

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Emil T

Sweet & beautiful...made me want to pick up a camera again.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/04/23

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Thomas M

The best documentary movie ever made!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/27/22

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Nick R

Incredible movie that uplifts the spirit. If you have any creative bone in your body, this movie will inspire you. Poetic in its storytelling. Forget documentaries, this is one of the best films I've seen period. Loved it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/22/22

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mike v

Faces Places (French: Visages Villages) is a 2017 French documentary film directed by Agnès Varda and JR 🖼 It's good 🙂 I'd recommend it if you like this genre 👍🏼 Now I want to visit France…

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

First half of the film focuses on the subjects and it's fun to see the creations and their reactions which are articulated in a brilliantly thoughtful manner that only the French can achieve across all classes of people. As it progresses we're subjected to the drag of confused and rambling French philosophising. The story also turns to the thoughts of the two producers and it's not really all that interesting. There are ridiculous pawns to nostalgia and a forced storyline that feels inauthentic throughout. What started as a successful artistic project ends up dying of its own conceit.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Sukhdev Sandhu

Sight & Sound

Faces Places is a wonderful exercise in memory and merriment, in instinct and improvisation.

Nov 16, 2018

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

Faces Places is the most melancholy yet uplifting buddy movie you'll see all year.

Rated: 5/5

Sep 25, 2018

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

Varda and JR make a surprisingly empathetic team and their collaboration is as provocative as it is poetic and poignant.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 21, 2018

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Both a personal film about a bourgeoning friendship, and as political as anything Varda ever made, this beautiful film shows how art can make even the most obscure and anonymous denizen of a rural small town immortal.

Feb 13, 2024

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Benedict Seal

Vague Visages

Between the enlightened creators, the immensely intimate artwork and the fabulous people they meet, there is never a dull moment in this beautiful piece of cinema.

Dec 5, 2023

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

Agnes Varda and JR’s very endearing and entertaining Faces Places is basically The Beaches of Agnes by other means: an excuse for the now-octogenarian filmmaker to go out and meet people...

Jan 11, 2023

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Synopsis

Director Agnès Varda and photographer and muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.

Director: Agnès Varda, JR
Screenwriter: Agnès Varda, JR
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Production Co: Arches Films, Ciné-Tamaris, Rouge International, Social Animals, Arte France Cinema
Rating: PG (Thematic Elements|Brief Nude Images)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 6, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 27, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $952.7K
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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