dir. AGNES VARDA/JR
year. 2017
country. FRANCE
run-time. 89min
£6.00/£4.50 conc.
Joint Ticket with The Image Book £10.50/£8.25 conc.
Doors 5PM
Film 5.30PM
Faces Places sees the iconic Agnès Varda and photographer JR take their shared passion for image-making on a road trip like no other. Driving JR’s photo booth-truck, they stop off at rural French villages and small towns, meeting surprised residents and leaving each location a large-scale portrait before they leave. What follows is an inspiring, heart-warming tribute and insight into small, often neglected communities, documented with Varda’s usual light and playful but tender touch. A Cannes Film Festival award-winner and Academy Award nominee, Faces Places is a beguiling, life-affirming insight not only into the meaning of community, but cross-generational, cross-gender friendships.
Playing as part of a double bill with Jean-Luc Godard’s The Image Book. Discounted joint ticket available.
Presented by Wavelength
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“Charming... Varda’s indefatigable spirit invariably triumphs”
“Magnificently moving, funny, life-affirming, and altogether wonderful ”
“As provocative as it is poetic and poignant”
“Sheer perfection - that’s the phrase that springs to mind when describing the humanist miracle that is Faces Places, the year’s best and most beguiling documentary”
“Utterly spectacular, and often unbearably moving... a beguiling and unique piece of work.”