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  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Wealthy, middle-aged Armando (Alfredo Castro) lures young men to his home with money. He doesn’t want to touch, only watch from a strict distance. Armando’s first encounter with street thug Elder (Luis Silva) is violent, but this doesn’t discourage the lonely man’s fascination with the tough handsome teenager. Financial interest keeps El...

Directed By: Lorenzo Vigas

Written By: Guillermo Arriaga, Lorenzo Vigas

  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 33 m

From Afar

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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Summary Wealthy, middle-aged Armando (Alfredo Castro) lures young men to his home with money. He doesn’t want to touch, only watch from a strict distance. Armando’s first encounter with street thug Elder (Luis Silva) is violent, but this doesn’t discourage the lonely man’s fascination with the tough handsome teenager. Financial interest keeps El...

Directed By: Lorenzo Vigas

Written By: Guillermo Arriaga, Lorenzo Vigas

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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0% Negative
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100
Sep 19, 2015
Deliberately detached in its observational style, yet as probing, subtle and affecting as any psychological drama could wish to be, this is an elliptical film that trusts its audience enough to peel away exposition and unnecessary dialogue, uncovering rich layers of ambiguity.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
88
Jun 6, 2016
The film renders visible a very complicated, and awfully repressed, truth not only about gay desire, but desire in general.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 16, 2016
A tightly coiled, beautifully acted relationship study that occasionally swerves in the direction of a gangland thriller.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 14, 2016
The movie’s disquieting tone unfolds with a familiar kind of naturalism — devoid of soundtrack, it develops an engrossing reality filled with pregnant pauses and fragmented exchanges. There’s a palpable despair to this scenario rooted in the authenticity of its environment.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 9, 2016
Pace and mood are equally glum, and so much information is withheld that the twisty relationship can’t build much tension.
By Farran Smith Nehme FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 7, 2016
The more conventional thriller element demands that the transformation from enmity to something like love is too swiftly accomplished to be properly convincing.
By John Bleasdale FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 8, 2016
Despite From Afar's lumbering solemnity, Castro, a Chilean actor best known for his collaborations with compatriot Pablo Larraín, proves ever supple.
By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW

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7.0
67% Positive
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22% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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Production Company Factor RH Producciones, Malandro Films, Lucia Films, Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC) (I), Cinema en Constucción Toulouse
Release Date Jun 8, 2016
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

The Platino Awards for Iberoamerican Cinema
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Premios Fénix (Fenix Film Awards)
• 4 Nominations
Thessaloniki Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

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