Visages Villages (2017)
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 89 minuten
Alternative title: Faces Places
Country:
France
Directed by: JR and Agnès Varda
Stars: Agnès Varda and JR
IMDb score:
7,8 (14.386)
Releasedate: 28 June 2017
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Visages Villages plot
Agnès Varda met the photographer and painter JR in 2015 and a collaboration followed in the form of a documentary. They travel through France and meet people from the countryside, each from their own art experience. The residents are listened to and they are photographed. During the shooting period, Varda and JR's friendship grows, despite their differences.
Reviews & comments
Movsin
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- 8286 messages
- 8441 votes
Agnès Varda, who passed away last month, indulges and enjoys herself in this charming documentary in which she and photographer JR literally put ordinary people and monotonous places in the spotlight in an original way.
Most of their finds are quite successful, but not all and certainly not the last one where a chunk of nostalgia came up but wasn't really very clear.
In addition, however, it was amused to watch the duo in their different attitudes and their simple dialogues with the occasional wisdom of life.
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
Quite enjoyed this documentary by Agnès Varda. My first film / documentary of hers that I saw. Immediately a bull's eye with which she plays the viewer and especially JR and other extras with her open-mindedness and a touch of mischievousness.
It's amazing those art posters of lifelike large posters on the walls. It is somewhat reminiscent of a cross between Christo and Bansky. But more than the art itself are those little stories of the little man in the street that make it a pleasant whole. It looks like a section of Man bijt hond or Everyone is famous.
The dialogues between JR and Varda sometimes seem a bit constructed, but that didn't bother me. It brought some humor to the already fine documentary that was presented. The van is great and takes you from one place to another. Nice!
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yoda1992
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- 65 messages
- 1826 votes
Fine feel-good documentary where artists embellish desolate environments with art and put ordinary people in the spotlight. There is a lot of chemistry between the lead actors/directors and there is a constant Godard-like, driving energy and spontaneity. It is admirable how fresh Agnes still is at the age of 88 and how people can be given so much joy with very simple means (detailed portrait photos).
Nice to take a look (seen on Mubi).
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