135. 3 Faces (Se rokh) movie review
3 FACES (SE ROKH)
Cert 15
BBFC advice: Contains suicide references
Baca Juga
As I sit in my living room, mildly troubled by the Brexit fiasco, it is worth considering how lucky we are.
I can write what I like, untroubled by censorship. I have no fear that the chap who is currently fitting my new kitchen may be reporting me to the secret police.
Only through cinema and visiting the Stasi prison and museums in former East Berlin, have I understood how difficult life can be for those who are anti-establishment in oppressive regimes.
In Iran, Jafar Panahi has made defiance a way of life.
Since 2010, he has somehow contravened a 20-year ban on writing and directing films by making four - This Is Not A Film, Closed Curtain, Taxi and 3 Faces.
Closed Curtain was too obscure and This Is Not A Film navel gazed too much. However, I admired Tehran Taxi.
His latest picture, 3 Faces is rather laboured but Panahi strikes his political points with subtlety and skill.
The film begins with what appears to be a self-recorded video by a teenage girl (Marziyeh Rezaei) appealing for help and then hanging herself in a cave.
The recording is sent to actress Behnaz Jafari (who plays herself) because the girl had been prevented from taking up her studies at the Tehran drama conservatory.
Behnaz abandons her current shoot and asks Panahi (also playing himself) to try to find her to see whether she is dead or alive.
They travel by car to the rural, Azeri-speaking Northwest of Iran, where the locals in the girl's mountain village seem outwardly generous and kind.
However, it soon becomes clear that they are still in the grip of centuries-old traditions.
3 Faces will not resonate with everyone. There is lots of talking and hanging around.
But those who follow happenings in Iran and the clash between old and young and religious law and the modern world will be fascinated by the juxtaposition of those from the city and those who live in a village.
The sad truth is that the young are stuck in the middle.
Reasons to watch: Rare reflection of life deep inside Iran
Reasons to avoid: A tad laboured
Laughs: None
Jumps: None
Vomit: None
Nudity: None
Overall rating: 6.5/10
Did you know? After the 2009 protests at the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Jafar Panahi was arrested twice; the second time for 86 days
The final word. Behnaz Jafari: "I thought how can I deny myself such a great opportunity, such a great offer for my career. This is a filmmaker I approve of, I approve of his ideas and the way he works, so it was an absolute “Yes!” I didn’t think about the other things, the controversies. I didn’t want to think about it, I still don’t. We will see. E. Nina Rothe
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