Master Rank #506

3 Faces

2018

GCML Total8.3840% Greatness · 40% Engagement · 20% Ease

Directed by Jafar Panahi

CastBehnaz Jafari · Jafar Panahi · Marziyeh Rezaei

IranPersian / AzeriDrama / Mystery100 minNot Rated
GCML CuratedNarrative FeatureModerate pace
Original poster artwork · Great Cinema Master List
Cannes · 1

Spoiler-free premise

An actress and a filmmaker travel to a rural village after receiving a troubling video from a young woman.

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Actor Behnaz Jafari receives a video apparently showing aspiring performer Marziyeh's suicide after her family blocks her ambitions. She and filmmaker Jafar Panahi drive to the girl's remote Azerbaijani-speaking village to determine what happened.

Why it belongs

Jafar Panahi positions a road inquiry as a layered conversation about female performers, rural custom, reputation, and who controls an image.

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Phone video, narrow mountain roads, coded horn signals, village courtyards, old actresses, and offscreen conversations make access continually negotiated—Behnaz Jafari and Panahi play public identities unsettled by Marziyeh's demand.

Major award record

Metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20

Totals include every recorded competitive win. Only Picture or top-film honors, Direction, Screenplay, and lead or supporting performances are named.

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