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By Godfrey Cheshire (178) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 07 Jun 2016

From Afar, in any case, is built on reticence…

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By John Bleasdale (289) for CineVue (2,163) on 06 Jun 2016

The more conventional thriller element demands that the transformation from enmity to something like love is too swiftly accomplished to be…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 06 Jun 2016

From Afar plays like a typical first feature, with ambition outstripping execution by a hefty margin…

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By Zhuo-Ning Su (21) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 06 Jun 2016

Through it all, Vigas’ writing remains non-judgmental and keenly observant…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 05 Jun 2016

A well conceived and executed character study that fares better than most similarly-themed efforts…

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By Diego Semerene (203) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 05 Jun 2016

The film renders visible a very complicated, and awfully repressed, truth not only about gay desire, but desire in general…

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By Luis Tovar (4) for La Jornada (66) on 21 Apr 2016

Staying grounded in reality, the film proposes redemption through human interaction. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Ernesto Diezmartinez (236) for Cine Vértigo (222) on 31 Mar 2016

A note worthy film, specially for a debutant filmmaker as Vigas. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Jamie Dunn (104) for The Skinny (809) on 18 Feb 2016

A gritty and cinematic study in desire and repression, and a tantalising calling card for first time director Vigas…

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By Kent Turner (504) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 20 Oct 2015

It's a fine representative of the current crop of formalist, stripped-down Latin American filmmaking…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 18 Sep 2015

Deliberately detached in its observational style, yet as probing, subtle and affecting as any psychological drama could wish to be, this is…

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By Guy Lodge (731) for Variety (12,700) on 18 Sep 2015

Looking, not touching, is the act of choice for a sexually wary gay man in From Afar, and his hands-off approach is shared by the expert storytelling…

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By Jonathan Romney (434) for Screen International (2,241) on 18 Sep 2015

It’s above all a character study, as well as an elegant technical achievement that puts a distinctive stylistic slant on its realist subject matter…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 18 Sep 2015

Vigas' grip is so tight that even if you do get to the heart of his meaning, there's a chance it will have had the life squeezed out of it…

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