Viggo Mortensen
Daru
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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' novel, the film follows a teacher and a prisoner fleeing across the Atlas mountains in 1954. Viggo Mortensen stars as Daru, a former soldier who struggles with his identity and morality in the colonial conflict.
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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.
May 1, 2015 · 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
Far From Men (English Subtitled) Set in French Colonial Algeria, the film follows Daru, a reclusive, pacifist teacher (Viggo Mortensen) tasked with delivering Mohammad, a docile Algerian murder suspect into the hands of French authorities as the Algerian War of Independence ignites.
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...
