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A middle-aged homosexual (Alfredo Castro) falls in love with a teenage (Luis Silva) who abuses him during their first time they meet. This wonderful film, is starring Alfredo Castro, Luis Silva and directed by Lorenzo Vigas, follows a complex and beautiful love story.
19 December 1955, Recoleta, Santiago, Metropolitan Region, Chile
January 02, 2017
From Afar resorts to a socially demoralized vision that condemns both Armando and Elder.
June 16, 2016
A tightly coiled, beautifully acted relationship study that occasionally swerves in the direction of a gangland thriller ...
June 09, 2016
Carefully composed, shot in the usual gray and mustard digital palette, the film deals in small slivers of information.
July 14, 2016
[Pablo Larrain's] performance here further advances his standing as contemporary cinema's gray little nothing of an answer to the Everyman.
June 09, 2016
Almost aggressively unconvincing ...
October 11, 2016
A smart and tough film that is also surprising and direct. [Full review in Spanish]
October 11, 2016
A very emotional film with many silences in which the eyes speak crudely. It will definitely get stuck in the viewer's mind for several days. [Full review in Spanish]
October 26, 2016
Perhaps this film requires a deeper understanding of Latin American queerness than this reviewer possesses, but From Afar watches like an intimate film that lacks intimacy.
December 13, 2016
Breaking down the world in order to remake and remodel it, From Afar reveals, with the heaviest of hearts, the brutal, dehumanising violence that lurks within the heart of some contemporary relationships.
June 27, 2016
Vigas tries every trick in the arthouse book - long silences, meaningful looks, out-of-focus imagery - to sell his story.
June 08, 2016
A relationship drama with societal implications, Desde Allá (From Afar) hails from afar - specifically, from Venezuela - and marks a striking debut for first-time writer director Lorenzo Vigas.
