Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Oelhoffen Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Reda Kateb. Far From Men is set in Algeria in 1954, a time of great unrest and violence as the war for independence from the French is beginning. Daru (played by Viggo Mortensen, from End Of Violence, Eastern Promises, etc) is a school teacher in a remote village. But he is charged with the task of escorting the dissident Mohamed (played …
OF GODS AND MEN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Vaxier Beauvois Stars: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale. A few years ago there was a documentary called Into Great Silence, which took us inside a remote monastery and gave us insights into the daily routines, rituals and practices of a group of monks. Imagine injecting some fanatical religious fundamentalists into the same setting and you begin to get an idea of what this …
