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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 ...
Apr 14, 2015 · Based on Albert Camus' short story "The Guest", the film follows a teacher and a villager accused of murder as they flee across the Atlas mountains in 1954. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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- Drama, War
- David Oelhoffen
- 2015-04-14
May 1, 2015 · A movie adaptation of Albert Camus' short story "The Guest", set in Algeria in the early '50s. Viggo Mortensen plays a schoolteacher who escorts a prisoner (Reda Kateb) to a court, facing the Algerian rebellion and his own dilemmas.
Jun 7, 2015 · The year is 1954, the war is beginning and village schoolteacher Daru (Mortensen), an ex-French Army soldier, is caught in the crossfire. Born in Algeria but Spanish by lineage, he’s a man out ...
- 2 min
- 48.6K
- PalaceFilms
In 1950s Algeria, a schoolteacher (Viggo Mortensen) agrees to deliver an admitted murderer (Reda Kateb) to a French court for trial.
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- Viggo Mortensen
- David Oelhoffen
- Drama
Apr 30, 2015 · In “Far From Men,” Viggo Mortensen, his sharply planed face weathered and solemn, plays a man who looks as if he were quarried right out of the hard red-rock earth. He plays Daru, a teacher who...
Aug 23, 2014 · In the midst of an icy winter, Daru, the reclusive teacher, has to escort Mohamed, a villager accused of murder. Pursued by horsemen seeking summary justice and vengeful settlers, the two men ...
- 2 min
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