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3 Faces

Original title: Se rokh
  • 20182018
  • 1h 40m
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7.0/10
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Jafar Panahi, Behnaz Jafari, and Marziyeh Rezaei in 3 Faces (2018)
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Three actresses at different stages of their career. One from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, one popular star of today known throughout the country, and a young girl longing to attend a... Read allThree actresses at different stages of their career. One from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, one popular star of today known throughout the country, and a young girl longing to attend a drama conservatory.Three actresses at different stages of their career. One from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, one popular star of today known throughout the country, and a young girl longing to attend a drama conservatory.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Jafar Panahi
  • Writers
    • Jafar Panahi
    • Nader Saeivar
  • Stars
    • Behnaz Jafari
    • Jafar Panahi
    • Marziyeh Rezaei
  • Director
    • Jafar Panahi
  • Writers
    • Jafar Panahi
    • Nader Saeivar
  • Stars
    • Behnaz Jafari
    • Jafar Panahi
    • Marziyeh Rezaei
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 14User reviews
    • 116Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 9 nominations

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    3 Faces (2018)
    Jafar Panahi, Behnaz Jafari, and Marziyeh Rezaei in 3 Faces (2018)
    Jafar Panahi, Behnaz Jafari, and Marziyeh Rezaei in 3 Faces (2018)
    Jafar Panahi, Behnaz Jafari, and Marziyeh Rezaei in 3 Faces (2018)
    Jafar Panahi, Behnaz Jafari, and Marziyeh Rezaei in 3 Faces (2018)
    Jafar Panahi, Behnaz Jafari, and Marziyeh Rezaei in 3 Faces (2018)
    Jafar Panahi, Behnaz Jafari, and Marziyeh Rezaei in 3 Faces (2018)
    Behnaz Jafari in 3 Faces (2018)
    3 Faces (2018)
    Behnaz Jafari in 3 Faces (2018)
    3 Faces (2018)
    Jafar Panahi and Behnaz Jafari in 3 Faces (2018)

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    Behnaz Jafari
    Behnaz Jafari
    • Behnaz Jafari
    Jafar Panahi
    Jafar Panahi
    • Jafar Panahi
    Marziyeh Rezaei
    • Marziyeh Rezaei
    Maedeh Erteghaei
    • Maedeh
    Narges Delaram
    • Marziyeh's mother
    • (as Narges Del Aram)
    Fatemeh Ismaeilnejad
    • Old woman in the grave
    Yadollah Dadashnejad
    • Yadollah
    Ahmad Naderi
    • Karbalaei
    • (as Ahmad Naderi Mehr)
    Hassan Mihammadi
    • The old man in the road
    Mehdi Panahi
    • Marziyeh's brother
    Ashgar Aslani
    • The cow owner
    Elham Hagh Ravan
      Mohammad Ramezani
        Romina Nik Andish
          Mohammad Ali Monajati
            Pejvak Imani
            • Sorkhpost
            • (uncredited)
            • Director
              • Jafar Panahi
            • Writers
              • Jafar Panahi
              • Nader Saeivar
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            • Trivia
              It is filmed in a remote Turkish-Azeri-speaking part of Iran where Panahi's parents hail from.
            • Quotes

              Behnaz Jafari: I had reached the height of uncertainty. Wishing to know the names. The hand of the supervisor made the hammer dance in the air and broke the breath of immaculate dawn. Against the red metal tip hanging on the school pine. Sounds, rings, rings. Silence tortured innocence. The first prayer was for me an obvious curse. Standing. Sitting. I did not say: present. In this case, you are absent.

            • Connections
              Referenced in Hidden (2020)

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            8/10
            The Three Ghosts of Iranian Cinema: Past, Present, Future
            On its face "Three Faces" refers to the three faces of this movie's three actresses: one young, one middle-aged and one old. In reality, this is director Jafar Panahi's critique of Iranian cinema; the actresses representing Iranian cinema past, Iranian cinema present, and Iranian cinema future.

            Prior to the Iranian Revolution of 1980, cinema in Iran was very popular. The country had a mature film-making industry that churned out products ranging from adventure films with virile male characters to important art films from internationally-recognized directors such as Abbas Kiarostami.

            After the Ayatollah took over the country, these films were banned. Some artists managed to flee the country while others stayed and became outcasts like the old actress in this movie. Panahi intentionally never shows us her face, a reminder that Iranians are not permitted to view the films that comprise Iranian cinematic heritage. The old actress lives in a very humble house in a remote part of a very remote village, in the same way that Iranian film history exists, but has been tucked away from view by the mullahs, and stuck into a place unfitting its true stature. There is a very interesting scene in which, from a distance, Panahi sees all three actresses dancing and partying in the house. It is as if he is saying he knows there is a lot of great substance in the historic Iranian films, but he himself cannot enjoy it, given his own present circumstance as an Iranian filmmaker whose films are banned in his own country.

            The middle-aged actress (played brilliantly by Behnaz Jafari) represents the current state of Iranian cinema, which is to say it is practically nonexistent. In this movie she is a TV actress who stars in cheap soap operas. Early in the film, Panahi describes her as follows: "in her current state she's not much use to anyone, anyway." Ouch.

            Perhaps the most interesting of the three faces is that of the young actress, who represents Panahi's assessment of the future of Iranian cinema, which turns out not to be traditional cinema at all. This actress stars in a smart phone-produced video that might or might not be staged. The filmmakers of the future, he seems to be saying, will be unconstrained by whether a work might be categorized as fiction or non-fiction, but instead focused on important sociological themes that move people to act. Indeed, a look at present day Iranian Youtube videos reveals works that deal with social upheaval. One example: a woman wears her hijab too low on the bus and films away as a religious zealot spits in her face. These are the most important films coming out of Iran today.

            Beyond its subtext, this film is very rich in terms of presenting for western viewers a look at a part of the world we rarely get to see. Panahi's portrayal of the people of rural Iran along the Turkish border seems very genuine. He presents them as multifaceted and interesting; we get a good dose of the good, the bad and the ugly in these people. The film is worth seeing for that alone.
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            • Release date
              • March 8, 2019 (United States)
            • Countries of origin
              • Iran
              • United States
            • Official sites
              • Celluloid Dreams (France)
              • Memento Films (France)
            • Languages
              • Persian
              • Azerbaijani
              • Turkish
            • Also known as
              • Three Faces
            • Filming locations
              • Miyaneh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran(Rural Areas)
            • Production companies
              • Jafar Panahi Film Productions
              • Kino Lorber
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            Box office

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            • Gross US & Canada
              • $72,324
            • Opening weekend US & Canada
              • $7,065
              • Mar 10, 2019
            • Gross worldwide
              • $2,191,516
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            Technical specs

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            • Runtime
              1 hour 40 minutes
            • Color
              • Color
            • Sound mix
              • Dolby Digital
            • Aspect ratio
              • 1.85 : 1

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