3 Faces
Directed by Jafar Panahi
2018Feature100 minIran14A
An actress and director Jafar Panahi drive into rural Iran to investigate a young girl's desperate video plea, and find tradition as fierce as local hospitality.
Synopsis
Well-known actress Behnaz Jafari is distraught by a provincial girl’s video plea for help—oppressed by her family to not pursue her studies at the Tehran drama conservatory. Behnaz abandons her shoot and turns to filmmaker Jafar Panahi to help solve the mystery of the young girl’s troubles. They travel by car to the rural northwest where they have amusing encounters with the charming folk of the girl’s mountain village. But the city visitors soon discover that the protection of age-old traditions is as generous as local hospitality…
The director
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi is one of Iran's most celebrated filmmakers. He has kept working despite a state ban, winning the Golden Bear for Taxi (2015) and the Palme d'Or for It Was Just an Accident (2025).
