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  • 2019
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2019
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 40 m
3 Faces

Summary Well-known actress Behnaz Jafari is distraught by a provincial girl’s video plea for help - oppressed by her family to not pursue her studies at the Tehran drama conservatory. Behnaz abandons her shoot and turns to filmmaker Jafar Panahi to help solve the mystery of the young girl’s troubles. They travel by car to the rural northwest whe...

Directed By: Jafar Panahi

Written By: Nader Saeivar, Jafar Panahi

  • 2019
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2019
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 40 m

3 Faces

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
78
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
6.4
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Summary Well-known actress Behnaz Jafari is distraught by a provincial girl’s video plea for help - oppressed by her family to not pursue her studies at the Tehran drama conservatory. Behnaz abandons her shoot and turns to filmmaker Jafar Panahi to help solve the mystery of the young girl’s troubles. They travel by car to the rural northwest whe...

Directed By: Jafar Panahi

Written By: Nader Saeivar, Jafar Panahi

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
78
89% Positive
16 Reviews
11% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
78
89% Positive
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11% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Sep 8, 2018
It’s a film full of delicate metaphors and gentle humour – the locals have elaborate rules for giving a warning honk of the horn on their one-track road but refuse a simple suggestion to widen it – and meanders, sometimes a bit elliptically, to its conclusion.
By Kate Taylor FULL REVIEW
88
Mar 8, 2019
Panahi can’t help but flaunt optimism wherever he sees it — he lets it rise above it all despite the odds.
By Tomris Laffly FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 28, 2019
To describe 3 Faces as a multi-generational portrait would not be entirely inaccurate, though it would risk divesting the movie of its quotidian poetry, its deep reserves of mystery and its rich rewards for an open-hearted audience. Sometimes, as these characters understand by journey’s end, it’s important to go and discover the truth for yourself.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 8, 2019
Panahi, who defied a filmmaking ban from the Iranian government to make this, is a director always worth supporting.
By Johnny Oleksinski FULL REVIEW
75
May 14, 2018
Whenever Panahi's architecturally rigorous study of the self, society, and artistic communion threatens to get too self-conscious or loaded, the filmmaker tends to leaven the tension with humor and gentle irreverence.
By Sam C. Mac FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 14, 2022
Perhaps a little slacker than some of his previous outings, but Panahi’s commitment and courage shine through.
By Trevor Johnston FULL REVIEW
60
May 14, 2018
Jafar Panahi has here created a quietly engaging quasi-realist parable, part of his ongoing and unique creative cine-autobiography, full of intelligence and humility and a real respect for women and for female actors. It is gentle, elusive, and redolent of this director’s mysterious Iranian zen.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
6.4
65% Positive
11 Ratings
24% Mixed
4 Ratings
12% Negative
2 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
6.4
65% Positive
11 Ratings
24% Mixed
4 Ratings
12% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Jafar Panahi Film Productions, Kino Lorber
Release Date Mar 8, 2019
Duration 1 h 40 m
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Website https://www.celluloid-dreams.com/3-faces
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Hamburg Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Oslo Films from the South Festival
• 2 Nominations

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