Far from Men (2014) on Netflix
PG-1320141h 50mDramaWarWestern
Algeria, 1954. A gendarme brings Mohamed, accused of killing his cousin, to Daru's schoolhouse and orders the schoolteacher to hand the man over to the police in Tinguit.
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- Netflix3.9/5
- IMDb7.2/109,577 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes84%
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Plot summary
Daru teaches geography to the children of the villages around his isolated schoolhouse. An acquaintance shows up to warn him of growing conflict between the Algerian resistance and the French regime. The next morning Balducci, a French gendarme, arrives with a prisoner, Mohamed, accused of killing his cousin over stolen grain, and orders Daru to take him to Tinguit and hand him to the police. Daru refuses, certain the authorities will sentence the man to death. Balducci says French authorities already watch Daru for his friendliness with the locals, then leaves the prisoner with him.
Cast
- Hatim Sadikias Abdelkader
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Far from Men (2014)
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- Adapting "The Guest", a short story of only 8 pages, into a feature film, Oelhoffen took the action out of its isolated schoolhouse and invented characters such as Slimane, Rene and Lieutenant Le Tallec.
