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Faces Places

2017 · 94 min

A gentle, playful road trip that drifts between whimsy and quiet poignancy, leaving you charmed and a little wistful.

Directed by: JR, Agnès Varda
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Agnès Varda, JR, Patricia Mercier

Overview: Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.

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Directed by: JR, Agnès Varda
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Agnès Varda, JR, Patricia Mercier

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
friendship
aging
memory
isolation
Places: countryside
small town
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: JR, Agnès Varda
Written by: JR, Agnès Varda
Starring: Agnès Varda, JR, Patricia Mercier, Amaury Bossy, Claude Flaert, Clemens Van Dungern, Didier Campy Comte, Jacky Patin
Music: Matthieu Chedid
Cinematography: Roberto De Angelis, Claire Duguet
Runtime: 94 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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