Faces Places
aka Visages villages
First screened in October 2017 / Most recently screened in November 2024

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Directors: Agnès Varda and JR. Documentary about a roving art project through the north of France, conducted by an 88-year-old filmmaker and a 33-year-old street artist.

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Twitter Capsule: Sweet old lady and her blurry accomplice seek "human exchange" while bending everyone to their vague yet steely will.

VOR: ④  Varda's aesthetic is demonstrably her own, and collaborative angle is illuminating. Interesting undercoats of discord, elegy beneath all the whimsy.

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Photo © 2017 Cohen Media Group / Ciné Tamaris / Social Animals / Rouge International / Arte France Cinéma / Arches Films

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B

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Academy Award Nominations:
	Best Documentary Feature
Other Awards:
	Cannes Film Festival: Golden Eye
	Toronto International Film Festival: People's Choice Award (Documentary)
	National Society of Film Critics: Best Non-Fiction Film
	New York Film Critics Circle: Best Non-Fiction Film
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
	Independent Spirit Awards: Best Documentary

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