Faces Places
2017 · Movie · 94 min · ★ 7.6 · 97% critics
Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR travel through rural France and build an unlikely friendship on the road. Along the way, they meet everyday people, make portraits together, and bring the images back to local walls as a lasting public tribute.
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Details
- Original title
- Visages Villages
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-06-28
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Critic score
- 97/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (416 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this charming, life-affirming road trip art documentary if you love Faces Places’ focus on everyday people and big photographic tributes; Not for you if you want a tight, plot-driven narrative like The Salt of the Earth or To Be and to Have.
Pros: warm intergenerational bond; stunning photo murals; uplifting human stories | Cons: sometimes feels aimless; repetition in structure; a few conversations drag
Themes
- friendship
- photographer
- village
- museum
- street art
- louvre museum
- road trip
- train
- art
- photo
- art museum
- roadtrip
- +2 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2018 · nominated
Cast & crew
Agnès Varda
as Self
JR
as Self
- PM
Patricia Mercier
as Self
- AB
Amaury Bossy
as Self
- CF
Claude Flaert
as Self
- CD
Clemens Van Dungern
as Self
- DC
Didier Campy Comte
as Self
- JP
Jacky Patin
as Self
Jean-Luc Godard
as Self
- JC
Jeannine Carpentier
as Self
Directed by Agnès Varda, JR