| Far from Men | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | David Oelhoffen |
| Screenplay by | David Oelhoffen |
| Based on | The Guest by Albert Camus |
| Produced by | Marc Du Pontavice Matthew Gledhill |
| Starring | Viggo Mortensen Reda Kateb |
| Cinematography | Guillaume Deffontaines |
| Edited by | Juliette Welfling |
| Music by | Nick Cave Warren Ellis |
| Distributed by | Pathé |
Release dates |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Languages | French Arabic Spanish |
| Budget | $5.4 million |
| Box office | $835,031[1] |
Far from Men (French: Loin des hommes) is a 2014 French drama film directed by David Oelhoffen. Set in French Colonial Algeria, the narrative follows Daru, a reclusive, pacifist, Algerian-born French teacher of Spanish descent (Viggo Mortensen) who is also a war veteran, tasked with delivering Mohammad, a docile Algerian murder suspect (Reda Kateb), into the hands of French authorities as the Algerian War of Independence ignites.
Mortensen said that, as he was making the film, he thought about "European versus native populations in America, but also about Gaza" and "the artificial country called Iraq that was created by Europeans and is now falling apart.[2] The film is based on "The Guest", a short story by Albert Camus from his Exile and the Kingdom collection.
Far from Men was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.[3][4] It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]
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- ^ "Far From Men Review by Stephanie Bunbury", Sydney Morning Herald, 23 July 2015, retrieved 8 August 2017
- ^ "International competition of feature films". Venice. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Venice Film Festival Lineup Announced". Deadline. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Toronto Film Festival Lineup". Variety. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.