2018 · drama
3 Faces
Directed by Jafar Panahi1h 40m2018
Filmmaker Jafar Panahi and actor Behnaz Jafari travel to a tiny village after receiving a plea for help from a girl whose family has forbidden her from studying acting. Amusing encounters abound, but they soon discover that the local hospitality is rivaled by the desire to protect old traditions.
Our read: 3 Faces (2018) reads as a neutral, slow-burn, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, slow-burn, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- slow-burn
- signature
- intimate
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