Her new documentary, faces places, visages villages in french, is a road picture and surprising in ways id forgotten movies can be. 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. Faces places, and its french title visages villages, aptly bears out vardas downtoearth mission. 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 is almost 90 years old and she is still making films. October 03, 2017 muralist and photographer jr and actress agnes varda in faces places.
Agnes varda is almost 90 years old and she is still making fantastic films. Visages villages is a 2017 french documentary film directed by agnes varda and jr. A sprightly narrated overview delivered by the two filmmakers explains how. Together they travel around the villages of france in jrs photo truck, meeting locals, learning their stories and producing epicsize. 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. Agnes and jr drive around rural france and find their. Agnes varda pastes her playfulness over french landscapes. Agnes varda and jrs faces places honors ordinary people on. Oct 17, 2017 in faces places, a famed french director and a street artist hit the road to exalt ordinary people. The film whose french title is visages, villages chronicles a leg of. Faces places is a moving documentary about how people and. That alone should be cause for dancing in the streets.
The latest of these adventures, faces places, finds ms. It is the france of factory workers, of the postindustrial working class, of dairy. 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. 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. Varda in the company of a younger comrade, the 34yearold french photographer and environmental artist known as jr. The film was screened out of competition at the 2017 cannes film festival where it won the l. Equal parts breezily charming and poignantly powerful, faces places is a unique crossgenerational portrait of life in rural france from the great agnes varda. 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.
French film festival visages, villages faces, places 2017 friday, february 14, 2020 7. 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. Faces places is a unique crossgenerational portrait of life in rural france from. At 90, feature filmmaker turned documentary director continues to. 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. Faces places is a poignant portrait of people, places and things. Agnes varda, one of the leading lights of frances honored french new. French film legend agnes varda on faces places, her feminist. 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. Nominated for an academy award in the documentary category, faces places. Faces places may be the quintessential french road movie. Faces places is a moving documentary about how people.
The film follows varda and jr traveling around rural france, creating portraits of the people they come across. 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. French cinemas icon agnes varda in faces places jan 511. Faces places visages, villages 2017 rotten tomatoes. Faces places official us trailer academy award nominee. Together they travel around the villages of france in jrs photo truck meeting.
Agnes varda and jr in faces places 2017 faces places 2017 agnes varda. It was screened out of competition at the 2017 cannes film festival where it won the l. Year after year, we get a tide of bilge that passes for the american way of life in the movies. Faces places 2017 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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 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. A sprightly narrated overview delivered by the two filmmakers explains how they were both magnetically drawn to one another. May 12, 2017 agnes varda jrs faces places visages, villages trailer official english from cannes new subscribe to our youtube channel. Agnes varda and jrs faces places honors ordinary people on a. 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. 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. Faces places may be the quintessential french road movie raymond a.
She goes about france with a young artist who paints murals about people and life in villages. 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. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. 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. 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. Deciding to collaborate, they traveled through the french countryside, cameras in hand, speaking with locals and producing largescale portraits of. This film also tells the story of agnes and jrs friendship, which grew stronger. Faces places showing at queens film theatre, belfast. Agnes varda on why faces places could be her last film. 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. Oct 06, 2017 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.
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. Agnes varda and jr in faces places 2017 faces places 2017 agnes. 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. Very difficult to say anything negative about agnes varda. Faces places visages, villages trailer official english. 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. If faces places is agnes vardas last film, its a profoundly moving and absolutely essential farewell. Agnes varda and jr travel in the present, glancing at. Director agnes varda and french artist jr team up in. In 2017, varda codirected faces places with the artist jr. Faces places is available on bluray, dvd and streaming. 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.
Kindred spirits, varda and jr share a lifelong passion for images and how they are created, displayed and shared. 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. Faces places visages, villages denver film society jr. At 90, feature filmmaker turned documentary director continues to find new ways to share. Together they set out on a series of meandering road trips through agricultural and industrial towns, talking to people and taking their pictures. Faces places is a film of sheer joy, its exuberance surpassed only by its tenderness. Varda and jr travel to small french towns in his van, which is decorated like an enormous camera.
Jul 20, 2017 faces places documents their heartwarming journey through rural france and the unlikely, tender friendship they formed along the way. A road trip with legendary filmmaker agnes varda and photographer j. Oct 05, 2017 agnes varda tells us why faces places could be her last film. 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. Equal parts breezily charming and poignantly powerful, faces places is a unique crossgenerational portrait of life in rural france from the. Inside is a photobooth and large format prints spit out the side. French film legend agnes varda on faces places, her.
The new documentary faces places paints a quite literal portrait of france. The french name visages villages is a much more appropriate title and the distributors faces places does not generate the correct sensibility of the film. 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. Faces places is a moving documentary about how people and buildings can share memories iconic french artists agnes varda and jr form. The idea behind this artistic road trip of discovery is quite simple. 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. 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. French film legend agnes varda on faces places, her feminist vision, and visits to hong kong and china.
In faces places, a famed french director and a street artist hit the road to exalt ordinary people. For these two elements make up the film s core ingredient list. It is so unorthodox and original that invoking simple labels or catchall definitions to describe it feels like a disservice to the filmmakers. This movie, which has the french title visages villages, opens with scenes set in various places where, varda and jr explain in voiceover. 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. 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. Sep 19, 2018 faces places, and its french title visages villages, aptly bears out vardas downtoearth mission. The original french title of faces places, the new film made jointly by agnes varda born in 1928 and the photographer and muralist jr. 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. Directed by agnes varda and jr france, 2017, 90 min. Agnes varda, one of the leading lights of frances honored french new wave cinema era, and professional photographer and muralist, j.
French cinemas icon agnes varda in faces places jan 5. Vardas delightful penultimate film, which returns the 88yearold filmmaker to familiar geographical and thematic territory the french countryside, how chance. Faces places is screening as part of this years alliance francaise french film festival. Faces places documents their heartwarming journey through rural france and the unlikely, tender friendship they formed along the way. Together, they travel around france in a special box truck equipped as a portable photo booth and traveling printing facility as they take photographs. For these two elements make up the films core ingredient list. French film festival visages, villages faces, places. 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. Oct 05, 2017 the latest of these adventures, faces places, finds ms. Jun 05, 2018 french film legend agnes varda on faces places, her feminist vision, and visits to hong kong and china. 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. Visages villages comes equipped with so much detailed history and deeply embedded feeling between its characters that. Faces places presents two modern artists rolling through southern france in a truck, a hightech rolling photoart laboratory. 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.
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