★★★★

Powerful, dialogue-dense and probing, Jeanne Herry’s dramatic All Your Faces embeds us within a series of restorative justice conversations where victims confront their attackers in a supposed safe environment to establish healing, forgiveness, and the ability to move forward.

This ensemble piece may lose some viewers for its reliance on conversation and frequent scenes in the restorative circle setting, but the acting is stellar from start to finish, with Adèle Exarchopoulos giving her best performance to date as Chloé, a woman victimized by her brother. As other characters are often bound to the restorative justice setting, Chloé’s story, involving a more involved story arc provides the backbone to the powerful drama that serves as not only a topical examination of how we address complex, deeply personal issues as human beings, but also in exploring the vulnerability victims must re-engage with to try and move on from their victimizers. 

All Your Faces was screened as part of the 50th Seattle International Film Festival.