Losing Face

I'm not that good with faces. I can usually recognize that a face is familiar, but I often have a hard time recognizing when or where I have seen it. This can be a problem when someone (usually a former student or student's parent) comes up to me in the grocery store and starts talking. I can usually fake my way through the conversation or guide it in a way that gives me a clue who the mystery person is. However, when I am watching a movie with numerous characters, I often lose the plot because I am not sure which character is which. I totally and utterly lost interest in part III of The Godfather because of this. By the end I knew pretty much everyone was dead, but I had know idea who was who. Problematic.