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... (Full plot summary below)
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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?
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| The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyDeliberately detached in its observational style, yet as probing, subtle and affecting as any psychological drama could wish to be, this is an elliptical film that trusts its audience enough to peel away exposition and unnecessary dialogue, uncovering rich layers of ambiguity. |
| Slant MagazineDiego SemereneThe film renders visible a very complicated, and awfully repressed, truth not only about gay desire, but desire in general. |
| VarietyGuy LodgeLooking, 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 in Venezuelan helmer Lorenzo Vigas’ pristinely poised but deeply felt debut feature. |
| The Film StageZhuo-Ning SuThrough it all, Vigas’ writing remains non-judgmental and keenly observant. He doesn’t attempt to explain everything with words, but the raw honesty of his voice compels every step along the way. |
| San Diego ReaderScott Marks[Pablo Larrain's] performance here further advances his standing as contemporary cinema's gray little nothing of an answer to the Everyman. |
| The PlaylistJessica KiangVigas' 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. |
| IndiewireEric KohnThe movie’s disquieting tone unfolds with a familiar kind of naturalism — devoid of soundtrack, it develops an engrossing reality filled with pregnant pauses and fragmented exchanges. There’s a palpable despair to this scenario rooted in the authenticity of its environment. |
| Ibero 90.9Fernando MorenoA smart and tough film that is also surprising and direct. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Screen InternationalJonathan RomneyIt’s above all a character study, as well as an elegant technical achievement that puts a distinctive stylistic slant on its realist subject matter. |
| San Francisco ExaminerAnita KatzThis is small film that aims nobly and impresses. |
