3 Faces
2018, drama
100 minutes
Filmmaker Jafar Panahi and actor Behnaz Jafari travel to a tiny village after receiving a plea for help from a girl whose family has forbidden her from studying acting. Amusing encounters abound, but they soon discover that the local hospitality is...
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9.0
2019-03-20
Minimalist in style and tone, Panahi’s film still mines the deepest wells of human emotion. Read more
8.0
2019-03-02
A movie about the tragedy of being unable to fully embrace the people you share a society and nation with sounds like a melancholy slog, but 3 Faces is far from it. It's essentially a comedy of the Capra/Sturges school, and with its roster of oddball characters it has something of David Byrne's True Stories about it. Read more
8.0
2018-10-05
That opening segment is one of the most powerful you will see in any meta-mockumentary, which the entire film is based around, leading everyone to one question... Read more
7.0
2019-04-12
Panahi refuses to abandon his art; and if his film meditates about cultural tradition, it also works as a metaphor by targeting those who disregard artistic life, seeing it as a minor craft. He gets everything under control with his camera, which, observing quietly, inflicts a decent low-key treatment in a peculiar road movie marked by slightly intriguing moments. Read more
7.0
2019-03-26
3 Faces returns to the old tradition of Iranian cinema of the 1990s, in its narrative/formal wizardry. It’s meditative, lyrical and cryptic, a lot like The Taste of Cherry. Read more
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8.0
2018-09-04
Geeft ook op symbolische wijze kritiek op de verouderde denkbeelden over vrouwenrechten. Read more
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