Summary89-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 v... Read More
Directed By:JR, Agnès Varda
Written By:JR, Agnès Varda
Faces Places
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Universal Acclaim
94
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Generally Favorable
7.1
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Dec 1, 2021
100
Faces Places is a subtly self-reflexive documentary that swims against this tide, inviting audiences to see that filmmaking is a process of having conversations with people, and enveloping each individual and their private creativity within the wider collaborative process. Art is a form of social work or, rather, it can be with the right people at the helm.
Oct 6, 2017
100
Sheer perfection – that's the phrase that springs to mind when describing the humanist miracle that is Faces Places, the year's best and most beguiling documentary.
User score
Generally Favorable
74% Positive
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67 Ratings
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Jul 4, 2018
10
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 por regiões da França bem longe dos centros urbanos, com um caminhão que captura imagens de forma mágica.
Apr 29, 2018
10
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.
May 28, 2017
100
While all of the people they meet are delightful characters who the film manages to milk for every ounce of their personality, Varda and JR inevitably emerge as the real stars here.
Oct 12, 2017
90
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.
Oct 26, 2017
88
This movie, a diary of a freewheeling, far-flung installation art project, combines chance and intuition and a humane eye.
May 28, 2017
83
The collaborative energy between the two makes for an endlessly charming documentary, as “Faces Places” manages to look forwards and backwards with touching insight.
Oct 25, 2017
75
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.
Feb 6, 2018
10
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?
Jan 12, 2018
10
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 the critic score is a good indication of the value of this film. Unique, inventive, real.
Jan 4, 2018
10
masterpiece, talented brilliant incredible amazing show stopping spectacular never the same totally unique
Feb 9, 2020
9
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, 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.
May 23, 2018
9
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.
Production Company:
- Ciné-tamaris
- Social Animals
- Rouge International
- Arte France Cinéma
- Arches Films
- Canal+
- Le Pacte
- Cohen Media Group
Release Date:Oct 6, 2017
Duration:1 h 29 m
Rating:PG
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
