FAR FROM MEN 1st April 2016



Far From Men
Algeria, 1954. Former French Army soldier Daru (Viggo Mortensen) is attempting to lead a quiet life as a schoolteacher in a small mountainous town at the onset of the Algerian War of Independence. When he is given the task of transporting an Algerian dissident (Reda Kateb) to a nearby city to stand trial, Daru finds his peaceful existence disrupted by the ensuing chaos that surrounds his village.

Grounded by Mortensen’s fiercely understated French-language performance, a score by neo-Western masters Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, and the beautifully stark backdrop of Algeria’s mountain ranges, director David Oelhoffen transplants a classic western tale into an unstable warzone to tell the story of one man’s sense of personal duty in light of the realities of the world around him.

Genna Terranova   Tribeca Film Festival film guide.
Film Information
Year: 2015
Length: 102 minutes
Language: French

Cast & Credits
Director and Screenwriter: David Oelhoffen
Producer: Marc Du Pontavice, Matthew Gledhill
Editor: Juliette Welfling
Cinematographer: Guillaume Deffontaines
Composer: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis

Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Reda Kateb
Includes mature themes and some violence.

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