Far Away from Here (1994) [N/A]

Release Date:
April 29, 1994

Original Title:
Longe Daqui

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 90

Catalyst in the story of crossed paths is a 1957 Ford Fairlane being driven through Portugal’s Alentejo region to a new owner. Film’s overly protracted opening has car’s drivers (Filipe Cochofel, Antonio Pedro Figueiredo) joy riding the night away until the roadster breaks down. Momentum picks up at sunrise with their attempts to fix the car. A retired mechanic-turned-beekeeper with a heart condition (Canto e Castro) does the trick and convinces Figueiredo to take him cross-country on a motorbike to look up an old friend. Cochofel and the mechanic’s alarmed niece (Maysa Marta) follow in pursuit. The old man dies peacefully on the road, but Figueiredo, having wholeheartedly grasped his deliverance mission, keeps going.

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Assistant Director:
José Maria Vaz da Silva

Assistant Director Trainee:
João Pedro Rodrigues

Assistant Editor:
Vítor Moreira

Continuity:
Vítor Moreira

Costume Design:
Isabel Branco

Director:
João Guerra

Director of Photography:
Vladimir Brylyakov

Editor:
Manuela Viegas

Makeup Artist:
Erica Porru

Producer:
Paulo Branco

Writer:
João Guerra
Jorge Silva Melo

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