Rent Faces Places (2017)
3.9 of 5 from 228 ratings
1h 29min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
Iconic film maker Agnes Varda and photographer JR share a passion for images and how they're created, displayed and shared; Varda through cinema. JR through his emotionally arrested outdoor installations. Inspired by this connection, they set out in JR's photo booth-enhanced truck, exploring the villages and small towns of rural France and meeting its humble residents - all the while creating large-scale portraits plastered across unconventional locations. What follows is a heart-warming insight into unnamed communities, documented here in Varda's typically playful and tender manner. A Cannes Film Festival award-winner and Oscar nominee, 'Faces Places' is a deeply charming and life-affirming look at not only the subtle power of community, but the inspiration that comes from the most cross-generational of friendships. - Actors:
- Agnès Varda, Jr., Jeannine Carpentier, Clemens Van Dungern, Marie Douvet, Jean-Paul Beaujon, Nathalie Schleehauf, Vincent Gils, Claude Flaert, Patrick Bernard, Amaury Bossy, Didier Campy Comte, Jacky Patin, Pony-Soleil-Air-Sauvage-Nature, Patricia Mercier, Abde Slam Ould-Ja, Mamie Jr., Nathalie Maurouard, Christophe Maurouard, Sophie Riou
- Directors:
- Jr., Agnès Varda
- Producers:
- Rosalie Varda
- Writers:
- Jr., Agnès Varda
- Others:
- Jr., Rosalie Varda
- Aka:
- Visages, Villages
- Studio:
- Curzon / Artificial Eye
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Galleries and Museums in Film: Part 1, Female Filmmakers Who Changed French Cinema, Films by Genre, Oscar Nominations Competition 2023, A Brief History of Film...
- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 05/11/2018
- Run Time:
- 92 minutes
- Languages:
- French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Introduction to the film by Agnes Varda and JR
- Q&A with Agnes Varda and JR
- Department of Modern Literature
- Beach Hut
- The Music in 'Faces Places'
- Trailer
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Reviews (8) of Faces Places
Captivating slice of film history - Faces Places review by TE
A playful but profound record of a collaboration between veteran film director Agnes Varda and the photographer JR.
It feels as if the film has been put together from a random assortment of encounters in (mainly) rural France, though there is also a leisurely sense of a coherent journey.
The huge b/w images they produce are magnificent in themselves, and the accompanying interviews only add to the impact.
The interplay between Varda and JR is full of charm and teasing humour, with an interesting filmic twist at the end (no spoiler here!).
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Beautifull, Compelling, Varda at her best - Faces Places review by RCO
Visages Villages (the title in French) sees 89 year old artist/film maker Agnes Varda collaborate with 34 year old photo-muralist JR.
Together they embark on a voyage around France creating stunning works/installations as they go and cross fertilising both ways between the generations of artists as they go.
This is their story, and a delight filled one it is.
Agnes died aged 90 in March 2019 and this film together with "The Beaches of Agnes" 2008 makes a fitting legacy for someone at the heart of the post WWII French New Wave Cinema in the 60s (and incidentally, as a friend, one of only 6 people to attend Jim Morrison's funeral). A life well lived, for sure the new generation epitomised by JR will carry the baton forward.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
A delightful humane film - Faces Places review by JO
A documentary of a collaboration between two artists separated greatly in age whose project to record rural France in portrait photographs becomes something much wider, about understanding, creativity, humanity and history. The device of printing huge portrait images and pasting them on the buildings with which the subjects were associated - their workplaces, derelict homes etc - becomes a way of presenting passing time, memory, or political statement.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.