Directed by:
John CassavetesScreenplay:
John CassavetesCast:
John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery, Dorothy Gulliver, Christina Crawford, Darlene Conley, Joanne Moore Jordan, David Rowlands (more)VOD (3)
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John Cassavetes puts a disintegrating marriage under the microscope in the searing Faces. Shot in high-contrast 16 mm black and white, the film follows the futile attempts of the captain of industry Richard (John Marley) and his wife, Maria (Lynn Carlin), to escape the anguish of their empty relationship in the arms of others. Featuring astonishingly nervy performances from Marley, Carlin, and Cassavetes regulars Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel, Faces confronts modern alienation and the battle of the sexes with a brutal honesty and compassion rarely matched in cinema. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![John Marley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/318/158318947_76823b.jpg)
John Marley
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
![Gena Rowlands](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/196/169196952_wlnjxj.jpg)
Gena Rowlands
USA
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Night on Earth (1991)
The Notebook (2004)
Lynn Carlin
USA
Best movies:
Baxter! (1973)
Taking Off (1971)
Faces (1968)
![Seymour Cassel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/723/158723611_33fd48.jpg)
Seymour Cassel
USA
Best movies:
In the Soup (1992)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Faces (1968)
![Val Avery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812659_147b9f.jpg)
Val Avery
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Dorothy Gulliver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505264_11687c.jpg)
Dorothy Gulliver
USA
![Christina Crawford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948802_b3539e.jpg)
Christina Crawford
USA
Best movies:
Wild in the Country (1961)
Faces (1968)
Darlene Conley
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
The Birds (1963)
Joanne Moore Jordan
Best movies:
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Faces (1968)
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
David Rowlands
USA
Best movies:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Faces (1968)
Opening Night (1977)
Elizabeth Deering
Best movies:
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Faces (1968)
![Fred Draper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/378/161378760_969b27.jpg)
Fred Draper
USA
Best movies:
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![George Dunn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/378/161378773_2a6278.gif)
George Dunn
USA
Best movies:
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Giant (1956)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Midge Ware
USA
Best movies:
Faces (1968)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)