Review: Jafar Panahi's mysterious '3 Faces' examines female repression and rebellion
The short, ominous video clip that opens "3 Faces," an intelligent and moving drama from the Iranian writer-director Jafar Pana-hi, is both an expression of love for cinema and an assertion of its boundless potential for mystery.
The video shows a young woman named Marziyeh (Marziyeh Rezaei) tearfully addressing the camera, explaining that her family is holding her back from pursuing her lifelong dream of attending a conservatory in Tehran and becoming an actress. Her voice moving from despair to reproof, she rails against those who have ignored her cries for help and places a noose around her neck
