The film is gentle and frantic all at once, showing you how repressive rural life can be, particularly for a woman who claims even a modicum of independence.

| Oct 17, 2023

Panahi returns to its docufiction roots to detail an on-the-road social critique of the freedoms of Iranian women suppressed by the regime. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 15, 2023

This is a road movie and it spends much of the running time meandering through rural villages with Jafari and Panahi... meeting local citizens, and learning a little of the culture of their rural lives....

| Sep 9, 2023

...there’s a moment here so delightful, seemingly documentary but by necessity constructed, that it reminds us how much is whirring unarticulated in his head...

| Jan 4, 2023

Unhurried and almost as realistic in feel as a documentary, 3 Faces combines strong performances with an affectionate but honest look at a complex culture with powerful currents of tradition.

| Oct 26, 2021

In sympathy with the oppressed, Pahani captures the troubling nuances of women's daily life and the subtle support they give to each other.

| Oct 26, 2021

I love Panahi's films, and his latest is no disappointment.

| Oct 26, 2021

3 Faces may not be as refined or intellectually probing as This is Not a Film, or not as blithe and carefree as Taxi, but its charm and emotional generosity make it another worthy addition to the cannon of one of Iran's greatest living filmmakers.

| Jul 2, 2021

As a poem on despair and hopelessness is recited in the background, the film wrestles with some questions...

| May 16, 2020

None of Panahi's usual wit or intelligence is missing, with the focus on outdated male attitudes and the restrictions they place on women in Iran proving to be as incisive as ever.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 6, 2020

It's a beautiful and difficult film.

| Sep 24, 2019

A bizarre journey of cultural discovery, immersing themselves in distant languages, customs and beliefs in order to find answers, like reconnecting with roots they didn't know they had lost.

| Aug 7, 2019

An enigmatic and enlightening drama about the resiliency of the feminine spirit.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 2, 2019

Panahi reflects about the liberty of artists and the complicated relationship the people of Iran have with art. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 2, 2019

Panahi uses the conversations with the inhabitants to explore tradition and the way in which gender and violence are linked in patriarchal societies. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 1, 2019

Here we see a Panahi in physical freedom, moving through Iran and giving voice to those who, in some way, are co-prisoners. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 1, 2019

Three Faces invites us to know the unknown and the subtle, and in this contradiction Panahi doesn't abandon the political but integrates it with the ambiguities of the world. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jun 26, 2019

The road is blocked; progress is slow, hampered by tradition and misogyny, but there are still voices that want to be heard and despite his own current house arrest, Jafar Panahi's is one of the most articulate and convincing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 23, 2019

Whenever a Jafar Panahi film arrives, it feels like something of a minor miracle.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 18, 2019

...more than anything it's great to see the work of a doggedly determined filmmaker who refuses to buckle to the demands of his country's hard right.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 3, 2019