Year after year, we get a tide of bilge that passes for the american way of life in the movies. Agnes varda is almost 90 years old and she is still making fantastic films. Varda and jr travel to small french towns in his van, which is decorated like an enormous camera. Faces places is screening as part of this years alliance francaise french film festival.
Faces places visages, villages denver film society jr. Her new documentary, faces places, visages villages in french, is a road picture and surprising in ways id forgotten movies can be. Agnes and jr drive around rural france and find their. In faces places, a famed french director and a street artist hit the road to exalt ordinary people. The idea behind this artistic road trip of discovery is quite simple.
Faces places 2017 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. October 03, 2017 muralist and photographer jr and actress agnes varda in faces places. Oct 10, 2017 the original french title of faces places, the new film made jointly by agnes varda born in 1928 and the photographer and muralist jr born in 1983, is visages villages, meaning. Directed by agnes varda and jr france, 2017, 90 min. Oct 17, 2017 in faces places, a famed french director and a street artist hit the road to exalt ordinary people. The latest of these adventures, faces places, finds ms. Faces places documents their heartwarming journey through rural france and the unlikely, tender friendship they formed along the way. Jul 20, 2017 faces places documents their heartwarming journey through rural france and the unlikely, tender friendship they formed along the way. At 90, feature filmmaker turned documentary director continues to find new ways to share. Faces places is a unique crossgenerational portrait of life in rural france from. Faces places may be the quintessential french road movie.
Faces places is a moving documentary about how people and buildings can share memories iconic french artists agnes varda and jr form an unlikely friendship and take their work on the road. Faces places, and its french title visages villages, aptly bears out vardas downtoearth mission. This film also tells the story of agnes and jrs friendship, which grew stronger. Vardas delightful penultimate film, which returns the 88yearold filmmaker to familiar geographical and thematic territory the french countryside, how chance.
Above all a treat for art fans and cinephiles fond of french film history, the whimsy and wisdom of faces places is certain to win over a new generation of varda and jr fans. French film festival visages, villages faces, places 2017 friday, february 14, 2020 7. The film was screened out of competition at the 2017 cannes film festival where it won the l. The tender friendship that is formed between varda and jr is just one element of this enchanting work that binds two kindred spirits and shows how they each think about images, installations, and an artists role in the world. A treat for art fans and cinephiles fond of french film history, the whimsy and wisdom of faces, places is certain to win over a new generation of agnes varda and jr fans. For these two elements make up the films core ingredient list. May 21, 2017 visages villages faces places arrives as a lovely addition to the long line of personal documentaries about french life at ground level that agnes varda has been making throughout her entire. Sep 19, 2018 faces places, and its french title visages villages, aptly bears out vardas downtoearth mission.
It was screened out of competition at the 2017 cannes film festival where it won the l. That alone should be cause for dancing in the streets. Faces places a film by agnes varda and jr 89year 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 codirect this enchanting documentaryroad movie. French cinemas icon agnes varda in faces places jan 5. Faces places is one of those disarmingly charming films that are hard not to like, but its main theme, maybe too easy to digest, can make you peckish for a bit more challenge by the time the film is over. Agnes varda pastes her playfulness over french landscapes. May 09, 2018 her latest film, faces places, sees her team up with french artist and photographer jr, a 30something always in sunglasses and a hat much to vardas annoyance she thinks his glasses hide. Faces places may be the quintessential french road movie raymond a. In 2017, varda codirected faces places with the artist jr. Oct, 2017 the film is a simple endeavor yet a monumental undertaking, a casual riff on some of the faces and places encountered by the artists and a thoughtful meditation on the past and the future of. May 12, 2017 agnes varda jrs faces places visages, villages trailer official english from cannes new subscribe to our youtube channel. It is so unorthodox and original that invoking simple labels or catchall definitions to describe it feels like a disservice to the filmmakers.
Very difficult to say anything negative about agnes varda. A sprightly narrated overview delivered by the two filmmakers explains how. Faces places is a poignant portrait of people, places and things. Varda in the company of a younger comrade, the 34yearold french photographer and environmental artist known as jr. Together they set out on a series of meandering road trips through agricultural and industrial towns, talking to people and taking their pictures. French film legend agnes varda on faces places, her feminist vision, and visits to hong kong and china. Visages villages comes equipped with so much detailed history and deeply embedded feeling between its characters that. Kick off the boston french film festival with an outdoor screening of this playful documentary by 90yearold director agnes varda, whose experimental films have made her an icon of french cinema, and photographer jr, known for installing largescale photographs in public places. Jun 28, 2017 faces places is one of those disarmingly charming films that are hard not to like, but its main theme, maybe too easy to digest, can make you peckish for a bit more challenge by the time the film is over. Agnes vardas faces places is a work of art about art the legendary french filmmaker collaborated with the photographer jr to create a wonderful documentary about communities, memory, and. Agnes varda is almost 90 years old and she is still making films. Visages villages is a 2017 french documentary film directed by agnes varda and jr. At 89 years old, agnes varda, one of the leading figures of the french new wave, teamed up with acclaimed 33yearold french photographer jr to codirect this enchanting documentarymeetsroad movie. If faces places is agnes vardas last film, its a profoundly moving and absolutely essential farewell.
John cassavetes faces is the sort of film that makes you want to grab people by the neck and drag them into the theater and shout. Equal parts breezily charming and poignantly powerful, faces places is a unique crossgenerational portrait of life in rural france from the great agnes varda. A sprightly narrated overview delivered by the two filmmakers explains how they were both magnetically drawn to one another. Faces places presents two modern artists rolling through southern france in a truck, a hightech rolling photoart laboratory. Faces places visages, villages trailer official english. Agnes varda, one of the leading lights of frances honored french new.
Winner of the cannes film festival golden eye award for documentary and the toronto international film festival documentary peoples choice award, faces places offers a joyous, inspiring ode to humanity and the power of art to capture its essence. At once a youthful cinecollage and a road movie mapped out like origami folding out in all directions and then back in on itself in search of something new and old at once, faces, places is a. French cinemas icon agnes varda in faces places jan 511. While few visitors to franceand few french are likely to follow in varda and jrs footsteps, watching faces places is a reminder that there is a real country behind the fantasy one found in tourist brochures, or that of the haute, intellectual paris. May 19, 2017 working for the first time with a codirector, french artist jr, the veteran documentary maker makes a nearperfect study of faces and places.
Faces places 2017 guidance 1h 29m documentaries french new wave director agnes varda and muralist jr travel all across france, plastering giant portraits of people they encounter along the way. Faces places is a moving documentary about how people. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Oct 05, 2017 the latest of these adventures, faces places, finds ms. Prolific director and pioneer filmmaker of the french new wave, agnes varda, teams up with a renegade travelling companion, the imaginative and rather cryptic street photographer, muralist and installation artist, j. The original french title of faces places, the new film made jointly by agnes varda born in 1928 and the photographer and muralist jr. Agnes varda, one of the leading lights of frances honored french new wave cinema era, and professional photographer and muralist, j. Our mission is to enhance the cultural environment of the omahacouncil bluffs metropolitan area through the presentation and discussion of film as an art form. Working for the first time with a codirector, french artist jr, the veteran documentary maker makes a nearperfect study of faces and places skip to main content the guardian.
The film follows varda and jr traveling around rural france, creating portraits of the people they come across. Agnes varda and jrs faces places honors ordinary people on. Faces places visages, villages 2017 rotten tomatoes. Jun 05, 2018 french film legend agnes varda on faces places, her feminist vision, and visits to hong kong and china. Faces places official us trailer academy award nominee. Faces places is a moving documentary about how people and. Together, they travel around france in a special box truck equipped as a portable photo booth and traveling printing facility as they take photographs. The new documentary faces places paints a quite literal portrait of france.
Agnes varda and jr in faces places 2017 faces places 2017 agnes. Invested with a real sense of joy, faces places is also something of a lament for a fast disappearing france part of the film s appeal lies in the obvious affection between these two kindred. It is a testament to this essay film that it seems almost too modern for the arthouse at the same time as it reflects on the history of motion pictures. Just when your feelings about film culture and human nature couldnt get any grimmer, along comes a film like faces places to restore your faith in both. Agnes varda and jrs faces places honors ordinary people on a. French film festival visages, villages faces, places. Faces places is available on bluray, dvd and streaming. It is the france of factory workers, of the postindustrial working class, of dairy. A road trip with legendary filmmaker agnes varda and photographer j.
Director agnes varda and french artist jr team up in. A new wave filmmaker and a mural artist tear through france agnes varda and jr codirect this documentary, which follows their travels as they turn the lives of the people they. Oct 05, 2017 agnes varda tells us why faces places could be her last film. French film legend agnes varda on faces places, her feminist. French film legend agnes varda on faces places, her. Acclaimed french film maker agnes varda and photographer jr set out on a trip through france to meet locals and produce epic sized murals and form an unlikely. Agnes varda on why faces places could be her last film. Oct 16, 2017 director agnes varda and french artist jr team up in road picture faces places the odd couple travels around france in the new documentary, photographing strangers and making murals out of their. Faces places teaming up with photographermuralist, jr, agnes varda journeys through rural france, meeting locals and developing a sense of humanity and character through art by virtue of their own sensibilities and the perspectives of those they meet along the way. Faces places showing at queens film theatre, belfast.
Dec 21, 2017 film streams is a 501c3 nonprofit organization in omaha, nebraska. A cannes film festival awardwinner and academy award nominee, faces places is a deeply charming and lifeaffirming look at not only the subtle power of community, but the inspiration that comes from the most crossgenerational of friendships. Agnes varda and jr in faces places 2017 faces places 2017 agnes varda. Faces places is a film of sheer joy, its exuberance surpassed only by its tenderness. Deciding to collaborate, they traveled through the french countryside, cameras in hand, speaking with locals and producing largescale portraits of. Agnes varda and jr travel in the present, glancing at. This movie, which has the french title visages villages, opens with scenes set in various places where, varda and jr explain in voiceover, they did not meet. For these two elements make up the film s core ingredient list. Kindred spirits, varda and jr share a lifelong passion for images and how they are created, displayed and shared. Inside is a photobooth and large format prints spit out the side. Equal parts breezily charming and poignantly powerful, faces places is a unique crossgenerational portrait of life in rural france from the. Together they travel around the villages of france in jrs photo truck meeting.
Together they travel around the villages of france in jrs photo truck, meeting locals, learning their stories and producing epicsize. This movie, which has the french title visages villages, opens with scenes set in various places where, varda and jr explain in voiceover. She goes about france with a young artist who paints murals about people and life in villages. The film whose french title is visages, villages chronicles a leg of. While few visitors to franceand few frenchare likely to follow in varda and jrs footsteps, watching faces places is a reminder that there is a real country behind the fantasy one found in tourist brochures, or that of the haute, intellectual paris.
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