From Afar(2016)

Name: From Afar
Director: Lorenzo Vigas
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: Jun 8, 2016
Cast: Alfredo Castro, Luis Silva, Jericó Montilla

Strand Releasing

1h 33m
- Drama
- Romance

Release Date: Jun 8, 2016

Armando, a 50 year man, seeks young men in Caracas and pays them just for company. One day he meets Elder, a 17 years boy that is the leader of a criminal gang, and that meeting changes their lives forever.

Release Details

Original Release | Jun 8, 2016 | Limited

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$5,136
Total US & Canada:
$30,169
Total International
$120,274
Total Worldwide:
$150,443

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Lorenzo Vigas
Director

Alfredo Castro
Armando

Luis Silva
Elder

Jericó Montilla
Amelia

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1,D-Cinema 48kHz 7.1

Aspect Ratio: 2.66 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Venezuela, Mexico

Language: Spanish

Summaries

Plot Summary

Wealthy middle-aged Armando lures young men to his home with money. He doesnt want to touch, only watch from a strict distance. He also follows an elderly businessman with whom he seems to have had a traumatic relationship. Armandos first encounter with street thug Elder is violent, but this doesnt discourage the lonely mans fascination with the tough handsome teenager. Financial interest keeps Elder visiting him regularly and an unexpected intimacy emerges. But Armandos haunted past looms large, and Elder commits the ultimate act of affection on Armandos behalf.Lorenzo Vigas' first featured explores the psychology of a man terrified by the prospect of physical contact. This multi-layered film is at once a exploration of frustated desire and window onto the incredible social stratification of Caracas.Desde Allá speaks to Venezuela's present reality, with a narrative that traverses the disparate social classes comprising the country's capital from the gated communities of the very rich to the chaos of the downtown neighbourhoods, and out to the poor communities in the monotonous apartment blocks.

Storyline

Armando, a middle-aged owner of a Caracas dental prosthesis business, is estranged from his father, who he observes occasionally from a distance. He finds a young man of the streets who negotiates a fee high enough for the boy to be used to provide Armando's masturbatory object. Although a following encounter ends in a beating for Armando, he continues to make the boy dependent. What is the final result that Armando desires? Is it something more than a conflicted relationship with a hustler? — tgkohn