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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the IFFR audience award (2015)
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Box office
Made on a $7.7M budget
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Setting
Set in Algeria
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Music
Music by Nick Cave
Details
- Director
- Writer
- David OelhoffenScreenplay
- Original title
- Loin des hommes
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 14, 2015
- Original language
- French
- Budget
- $7.7M
- Countries
- France, United States of America
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Cast
Viggo MortensenDaru
Reda KatebMohamed, prisoner
Djemel BarekSlimane
Vincent MartinBalducci
Nicolas GiraudLieutenant Le Tallec
Jean-Jérôme EspositoFrancis
Yann GovenRené
Antoine RégentClaude
Sonia AmoriProstitute
Antoine LaurentFrench soldier- Hatim SadikiAbdelkader
Ángela MolinaSeñorita Martínez- Abdellah EchabbiRebel of the Abdelkader group
- Aurelie Armelle Simone ChatellierRaphaëlle
- Salah AzadouVillager rider
- Azzedine RiyadRebel
- Salah MaouassaRebel
- Yassine AfroukhRebel
- Abdelghaffour KarimRebel
Abdelaaziz AttouguiRebel
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