Far

Loin

France

2001

120 Min

Color

1.85:1

Arabic, English, Spanish, French

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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SCR André Téchiné, Faouzi Bensaïdi

CAST Lubna Azabal, Stéphane Rideau, Mohammed Hamaïdi, Gaël Morel, Yasmina Reza, Rachida Brakni

SOUND Joaquim Pinto, Mathilde Muyart, Jean-Pierre Laforce

Venice (Competition), Toronto

Synopsis

Three days…three stories…three characters. Serge, Saïd, Sarah. All reveal, in their own way, their sufferings and hopes. Trafficking and trucking…love craved and love caved in…bereavement and birth. Serge, Saïd, Sarah. They form a triangle, cross paths with one another in Tangiers, just a stone’s throw away from Europe…where distance is closest, and where closeness is farthest. A contemporary view on mythical Tangiers by acclaimed French director André Téchiné.

Director

André Téchiné

A critic with the Cahiers du Cinéma in the 60s, he made his directing debut with Paulina s’en va, his first feature, shown at the Fortnight in 1969. He returned to the Fortnight in 1975 with Souvenirs d’en France. Reputed for his work with actors, he has directed the likes of Isabelle Adjani, Catherine Deneuve, Jeanne Moreau, Juliette Binoche, Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Daniel Auteuil… He won several awards at Venice and Cannes and received three Césars in 1995 for Les roseaux sauvages. –Quinzaine des Réalisateurs