Eighty-nine-year old Agnès Varda (who receives
an honorary Academy Award in March), one of the leading figures of the French
New Wave, and acclaimed 33-year-old French photographer and muralist JR codirect
this enchanting documentary/road movie. Varda and JR are kindred spirits who share
a lifelong passion for images and how they are created, displayed, and shared.
Together they travel around the villages of France in JR’s photo truck meeting
locals, learning their stories, and producing epic-size portraits of them. The
photos are prominently displayed on houses, barns, storefronts, and trains
revealing the humanity in their subjects, and themselves. Faces Places records the heart-warming encounters as well as the
unlikely, tender friendships created along the way. Indiewire enthused, “Magnificently moving, funny, and altogether
wonderful! Agnes Varda and JR are a screen duo for the ages!”
