xxxxWhilethespectreofnationalauthoritarianism
is presentunderthesurfaceof3 Faces, the
moretangibleoppressionseenin thefilm
is wieldedbythepatriarchal,traditionally
minded community of Saran.Above,fromtop:Marziyeh’sbrother(Mehdi
Panahi); Jafari among the townsfolk of Saran60 • Metro Magazine 201 | © ATOM