Far from Men

Jan 14, 2015

1h 50m

★ 6.8

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

One World Films

Pathé

Perceval Pictures

Kaléo Films

Jouror Développement

Far from Men Trailers

Cast

Daru

Viggo Mortensen

Mohamed, prisoner

Reda Kateb

Slimane

Djemel Barek

Balducci

Vincent Martin

Lieutenant Le Tallec

Nicolas Giraud

Francis

Jean-Jérôme Esposito

René

Yann Goven

Claude

Antoine Régent

Prostitute

Sonia Amori

French soldier

Antoine Laurent

Abdelkader

Hatim Sadiki

Señorita Martínez

Ángela Molina

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