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By Farran Smith Nehme (295) for New York Post (6,650) on 08 Jun 2016

Pace and mood are equally glum, and so much information is withheld that the twisty relationship can’t build much tension…

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By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 07 Jun 2016

Despite From Afar's lumbering solemnity, Castro, a Chilean actor best known for his collaborations with compatriot Pablo Larraín, proves ever supple…

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By Bob Mondello (417) for NPR (1,713) on 07 Jun 2016

A relationship drama with societal implications, Desde Allá (From Afar) hails from afar - specifically, from Venezuela - and marks a striking…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 07 Jun 2016

In withholding biographical information about the characters, the movie supplies just enough material to prompt you to fill in the blanks…

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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 Togno G (11) on 25 Mar 2016

An unconventional film that tries to explain the psyche of two desolated characters…

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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 David L (3,419) on 04 Dec 2015

Desde Allá is very well acted and directed, well shot and all around well made with an interesting premise and some memorable sequences, but…

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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 Alan W (854) on 11 Oct 2015

An older closeted gay man and the unusual/dangerous relationship he develops with one of the street boys he becomes obsessed with - this has…

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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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