'3 Faces' Trailer: Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Is Back With A Feel-Good Road Film Debuting At Cannes

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If you’re a fan of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, you are probably well aware of the struggles he’s faced over the last decade, as he is forced to produce his films in secret. In 2010, Panahi was convicted of a ridiculous charge in his home country and was sentenced to a 20-year ban on making films and traveling. Of course, over that time, the director has still produced films, with his last outing “Taxi,” winning the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2015. Now, the filmmaker is back with his latest project, “3 Faces,” and we have the trailer.

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“3 Faces,” which recently premiered in-competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, tells the fictional story of Panahi and actress Behnaz Jafari as they search for a young woman who sent a plea to the actress about wanting to leave her conservative family. In the trailer, you see the duo experience life in the different villages they come across, and the interesting people they meet along the way.

As mentioned above, the film is competing for the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and already has French distribution lined up. However, there’s no word on when “3 Faces” will make its way to the US.

Here’s the synopsis for the film:

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…