David Oelhoffen will attend the Venice Film Festival with his second film "Loin des hommes".
Seven years have passed since this French director debuted with «We retrouvailles»After more than half a dozen short films, some as prominent as«In non absence«, Awarded at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2002, or«sous le blue«, Nominated for César in 2006.
Now David oelhoffen try your luck at the Venetian Lido with «loin des hommes«, A film that, set in Algeria in 1954, tells the story of Daru, a secluded French professor, must escort Mohamed, a local accused of murder. Pursued by knights claiming the blood law and revenge settlers, the two men rebel. Together, they will fight to regain their freedom.
They star in the film Viggo Mortensen, whom we will be able to see shortly in two highly anticipated films such as "Jauja" and "The Two Faces of January" and Reda kateb, who we saw in "Un Prophète" in 2009 and who recently starred under Ryan Gosling in his behind-the-scenes debut "Lost River."