Far from Men

Far from Men

Film poster
Directed by David Oelhoffen
Produced by Marc Du Pontavice
Matthew Gledhill
Screenplay by David Oelhoffen
Based on The Guest 
by Albert Camus
Starring Viggo Mortensen
Reda Kateb
Music by Nick Cave
Warren Ellis
Cinematography Guillaume Deffontaines
Edited by Juliette Welfling
Distributed by Pathé
Release dates
  • 31 August 2014 (2014-08-31) (Venice)
  • 14 January 2015 (2015-01-14) (France)
Running time
110 minutes
Country France
Language 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. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.[2][3] It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]

Cast

Critical reception

The movie was well received by the critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 79% of 24 critics gave the film a positive review, for an average rating of 6.8/10.[5] Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a "generally favorable" average score of 74, based on 13 reviews.[6]

Accolades

Award / Film Festival Category Recipients and nominees Result
71st Venice International Film Festival[7] SIGNIS Award Far from Men Won
Arca CinemaGiovani Award for Best Film of Venezia 71 Far from Men Won
Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue Far from Men Won
Festival du film de La Réunion[8] Orchidée d'Or for Best Film Far from Men Won
Sarlat Film Festival[9] Best Actor Viggo Mortensen Won

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