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Faces Places
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Title: Faces Places

Release Date: 28 Jun 2017

Runtime: 1h 34m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Social Animals, Ciné-Tamaris, ARTE France Cinéma, Rouge International, Arches Films, Cohen Media Group

Production Companies: Social Animals, Ciné-Tamaris, ARTE France Cinéma, Rouge International, Arches Films, Cohen Media Group

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

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.7 (380 votes)

Cast

  • Self: Agnès Varda
  • Self: JR
  • Self: Patricia Mercier
  • Self: Amaury Bossy
  • Self: Claude Flaert
  • Self: Clemens Van Dungern
  • Self: Didier Campy Comte
  • Self: Jacky Patin
  • Self: Jean-Luc Godard
  • Self: Jeannine Carpentier
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