Far from Men
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.
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Cast
21 people
Viggo Mortensen
Daru
Known for
Green Book
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Reda Kateb
Mohamed, prisoner
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The Specials
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Djemel Barek
Slimane
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Vincent Martin
Balducci
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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Nicolas Giraud
Lieutenant Le Tallec
Known for
Taken
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
Jean-Jérôme Esposito
Francis
Known for
Marius
Yann Goven
René
Known for
My King
Close Enemies
Antoine Régent
Claude
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Sonia Amori
Prostitute
Known for
Skirt Day
Antoine Laurent
French soldier
Known for
Love at First Fight
Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion
Hatim Sadiki
Abdelkader
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Ángela Molina
Señorita Martínez
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Live Flesh
David Oelhoffen Director · Albert Camus Author Nick Cave Composer
Worldwide gross $835K · Budget $7.7M · United States release May 1, 2015
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Budget
$7,700,000
Worldwide gross
$835,031
Gross vs. budget
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Production
One World Films
Production
Pathé
Production
Perceval Pictures
Production
Kaléo Films
Production
Jouror Développement
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
B Média 2012
Production
Backup Media
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Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Production
Ciclic - Région Centre
Production
Ciné+
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Cinémage 8
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Dévelopimage 2
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Indéfilms 2
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Media Programme of the European Community
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PROCIREP
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SofiTVCiné
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France · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Loin des hommes
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French · Spanish
Release dates
Italy · August 31, 2014
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
France · January 14, 2015
Theatrical
United States · April 14, 2015
Digital
United States · May 1, 2015
Limited theatrical
United States
April 21, 2015 · Premiere · Tribeca Film Festival
Australia
July 30, 2015 · Theatrical
Canada
September 9, 2014 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Denmark
May 28, 2015 · Theatrical
France
October 9, 2014 · Premiere · Festival du Film de la Réunion
Germany
June 25, 2015 · Premiere · Munich International Film Festival
July 9, 2015 · Theatrical
Greece
March 26, 2015 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 12, 2015 · Premiere · Titanic International Filmpresence Festival
Indonesia
May 1, 2016 · Premiere · Europe on Screen
Japan
May 30, 2015 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 23, 2015 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
March 12, 2015 · Theatrical
New Zealand
July 26, 2015 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival
North Macedonia
June 25, 2015 · Theatrical
Norway
March 3, 2015 · Premiere · Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival
April 17, 2015 · Premiere · Arabian Film Days, Oslo
November 20, 2015 · Theatrical
Poland
August 14, 2015 · Theatrical
Portugal
August 6, 2015 · Theatrical
Romania
April 23, 2015 · Premiere · Bucharest International Film Festival
Serbia
March 20, 2015 · Premiere · Belgrade Film Festival
June 25, 2015 · Theatrical
Slovenia
July 9, 2015 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 1, 2015 · Premiere · Jeonju International Film Festival
March 3, 2016 · Theatrical
Spain
October 2, 2015 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 29, 2015 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
May 15, 2015 · Theatrical
Switzerland
January 28, 2015 · Theatrical · French
July 9, 2015 · Theatrical · German
Türkiye
August 21, 2015 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 18, 2014 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
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