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Far from Men (2015) · Cineora

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A DAVID OELHOFFEN FILM

Far from Men

20151h 50mMovie

DramaWar

IMDb7.2/ 10 · 9.6K votes

THE STORY

A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a dissident who is ordered to be turned in to the authorities.

Thought-provoking
Bittersweet
Melancholic
War
Period piece
Friendship

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Moderate
Complexity: Some focus

Good for talking about after and watching alone.

DirectorDavid Oelhoffen

FormatFeature film

TMDB6.8 / 10

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The people behind the story

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Viggo MortensenDaru

Reda KatebMohamed, prisoner

Djemel BarekSlimane

Vincent MartinBalducci

Nicolas GiraudLieutenant Le Tallec

Jean-Jérôme EspositoFrancis

Yann GovenRené

Antoine RégentClaude

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