This film on Netflix is a completely charming, artistic, graphically unforgettable French documentary that everyone should see!
Two friends--one a young man of 33 and one a woman of 88--set out across France to see villages and visages, places and faces, and to capture them on film. Then they paste enlarged versions of the photos on huge walls, over the bumps and tears of aged brick and wood.
The story of the friendship is so dear--as they travel together, yet share little of their personal lives. It's understated and simple and sweet beyond anything I've seen in a long time.
The woman does get to meet JR's 100-year-old happy grandmother. The woman photographer reveals a little about her former friendships, but we don't know if either is married or single, have children, or much of what they have done beyond their lives as photographers.
This is definitely one you'll watch more than once. We will.
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