Far from Men (2015)
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.
Top billed 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
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