Street artist jr and filmmaker agnes varda nab an oscar. The irish times and ifi are giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets to the irish premiere of agnes vardas faces places visages, villages at the ifi french film festival on tuesday. Faces places is a moving documentary about how people. 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 is a poignant portrait of people, places and things. They visit the village of cherance, in normandy, where nathalie sarraute, the great writer to whom varda dedicated her amazing 1985 film, vagabond, lived. 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. This film also tells the story of agnes and jrs friendship, which grew stronger. Equal parts breezily charming and poignantly powerful, faces places is a unique crossgenerational portrait of life in rural france from the great agnes varda. Faces places is a documentary directed by agnes varda, jean rene. 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.
Varda in the company of a younger comrade, the 34yearold french photographer and environmental artist known as jr. 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. At 90, feature filmmaker turned documentary director continues to find new ways to share. French film festival visages, villages faces, places. The idea behind this artistic road trip of discovery is quite simple. 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. For this movie, which is part character drama with reallife characters, part road documentary, and part essay film, varda cosigns with the french artist who calls himself jr. Agnes varda and jrs faces places honors ordinary people on a. 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. 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. Sep 19, 2018 faces places, and its french title visages villages, aptly bears out vardas downtoearth mission. Together, they travel around france in a special box truck equipped as a portable photo booth and traveling printing facility as they take photographs of people around the country. They find the wellhidden graves of henri cartierbresson and his wife, and pay homage.
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. 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. She goes about france with a young artist who paints murals about people and life in villages. Working for the first time with a codirector, french artist jr, the veteran documentary maker makes a nearperfect study of faces and places. 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. 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. A bit over onethird vardas age, he always sports a hat and dark glasses.
Agnes varda and jrs faces places honors ordinary people. It was screened out of competition at the 2017 cannes film festival where it won the l. Her work was pioneering for, and central to, the development of the widely influential french new wave film movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Dec 21, 2017 film streams is a 501c3 nonprofit organization in omaha, nebraska. Director agnes varda and french artist jr team up in. Faces places may be the quintessential french road movie raymond a. Faces places visages, villages 2017 rotten tomatoes. Agnes varda and jrs faces places honors ordinary people on. Faces places is screening as part of this years alliance francaise french film festival. French cinemas icon agnes varda in faces places jan 5. The new documentary faces places paints a quite literal portrait of france. The original french title of faces places, the new film made jointly by agnes varda born in 1928 and the photographer and muralist jr. Faces places documents their heartwarming journey through rural france and the unlikely, tender friendship they formed along the way. Oct 17, 2017 in faces places, a famed french director and a street artist hit the road to exalt ordinary people.
Together they create a song like film that immortalizes the french countryside and the people who work there. Jul 20, 2017 faces places documents their heartwarming journey through rural france and the unlikely, tender friendship they formed along the way. 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. The 90yearold director goes on the road with street artist jr to create remarkable, moving. Filmmakers who can manage to direct a new movie at the age of 89 are rare. 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. The 90yearold director goes on the road with street artist jr. Faces places is a subtly selfreflexive documentary that swims against this tide, inviting audiences to see that filmmaking is a process of having conversations with people, and enveloping each individual and their private creativity within the wider collaborative process. 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. Agnes varda tells us why faces places could be her last film. The film whose french title is visages, villages chronicles a leg of. Jan 24, 2018 faces places, an unlikely buddy comedy starring 89yearold belgian filmmaker agnes varda, a pioneer of french new wave cinema, and 34yearold french street artist jr, is among the nominees for. For these two elements make up the films core ingredient list.
Taking a seat on a theatre stage, she uses photos and film excerpts to provide an insight into. In faces places, a famed french director and a street artist hit the road to exalt ordinary people. October 03, 2017 muralist and photographer jr and actress agnes varda in faces places. Faces places is available on bluray, dvd and streaming. 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. French film festival visages, villages faces, places 2017 friday, february 14, 2020 7. Faces places is a film of sheer joy, its exuberance surpassed only by its tenderness. Agnes varda and jr travel in the present, glancing at.
Oct 05, 2017 the latest of these adventures, faces places, finds ms. Oct 20, 2017 at age 89, legendary french filmmaker agnes varda has collaborated with 34yearold visual artist jr on a remarkable new film, titled faces places. Oct 05, 2017 agnes varda tells us why faces places could be her last film. Faces places is a unique crossgenerational portrait of life in rural france from. A sprightly narrated overview delivered by the two filmmakers explains how they were both magnetically drawn to one another. Directed by agnes varda and jr france, 2017, 90 min.
French cinemas icon agnes varda in faces places jan 511. Faces places is a moving documentary about how people and. 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. 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 2017 guidance 1h 29m art house films french new wave director agnes varda and muralist jr travel all across france, plastering giant portraits of people they encounter along the way. Faces places may be the quintessential french road movie. French film legend agnes varda on faces places, her feminist. Agnes varda, one of the leading lights of frances honored french new wave cinema era, and professional photographer and muralist, j. Visages villages is a 2017 french documentary film directed by agnes varda and jr. Cruising in their van tricked out to look like a camera. 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 visages, villages critics consensus equal parts breezily charming and poignantly powerful, faces places is a unique crossgenerational portrait of life in rural france from the.
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