Showcase Event – Join us for a special pre-film soiree with Agnés Varda’s infinitely loveable and often surprisingly moving Cannes award winner Faces Places on Sunday, August 20 at 6:00pm at Palace Centro. Join us for an evening of wine and cheese tastings. Co-presented by The Alliance Française de Brisbane
“a profoundly moving and absolutely essential farewell” – IndieWire
Master filmmaker Agnés Varda, 89, joins creative and intellectual forces with renowned street artist JR, 34, to explore the nooks and crannies of rural France in JR’s van that doubles as a huge photo-booth.
As they travel through the backroads of France’s beautiful countryside they spend time with miners, farmers, dock workers, itinerants and residents talking and joking. Between themselves though they plot like two naughty school children how to create lasting artworks of their impressions.
Marrying JR’s international reputation as large scale poster artist and Varda’s ability to capture beautiful portraiture and simple observations they produce some spectacular artworks which they affix to barns, walls, WWII blockhouses and all manner of public spaces for sensational effect.
What has the most impact however are the reactions of the individuals whose sometimes forgotten lives and faces are magnified 100 times and on view for a public celebration of community. It’s a very lovely thing to behold and within it all there’s the added layer of Agnés’ ageing and her own bittersweet reflections that hit with surprise and honesty.
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