From Afar

The leading character of Lorenzo Vigas’s film lures young men to his apartment and asks them to allow him to look at them without touching, in exchange for money. From afar. The film, unfolding like a psychological thriller, explores the behaviors of its complicated characters. Psychological or social distance – and the possibility of its painfully violent annihilation at any moment – lies at the core of a film that is built without simplifying its characters or manipulating its audience, addressing every possible facet of human behavior.

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Script: Lorenzo Vigas based on a story by Guillermo Arriaga, Lorenzo Vigas

Cinematography: Sergio Armstrong

Editing: Isabela Monteiro de Castro

Sound: Waldir Xavier, Mario Nazoa

Actors: Alfredo Castro (Armando), Luis Silva (Elder), Jerico Montilla (Ameila), Catherina Cardozo (Maria)

Production: Factor Rh, Venezuela-Mexico Τ. +58212 235 7148, + 5255 4753 3505 coordinacion@factorrhproducciones.com www.factorrhproducciones.com & Malandro Films, MexicoT.+58 212 2831171 lvigas2000@yahoo.com

Producers: Rodolfo Cova, Guillermo Arriaga, Michel Franco, Lorenzo Vigas

Co-production: Lucia Films, Mexico

Costumes: Marisela Marin

Production Design: Matias Tikas

Format: DCP Color

Production Country: Venezuela-Mexico

Production Year: 2015

Duration: 93

Contact: Celluloid Dreams, FranceT. +33 1 4970 0370info@celluloid-dreams.comwww.celluloid-dreams.com

Awards:
Grand Prize –Venice IFF 2015, Italy

Lorenzo Vigas

Lorenzo Vigas (1967) is a Venezuelan director, screenwriter and film producer. Born in Mérida, the son of the painter Oswaldo Vigas, Vigas graduated in molecular biology at the University of Tampa. In 1995 he studied cinema at New York University and started directing several experimental films. Back in Venezuela in 1998, he directed the RCTV documentary series Expedición and various documentaries and commercials. With his first feature film From Afar, Vigas won the Golden Lion for best film of the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival, as well as two awards at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.