From Afar

About From Afar

Armando, a 50 year man, seeks young men in Caracas and pays them just for company. One day he meets Elder, a 17 years boy that is the leader of a criminal gang, and that meeting changes their lives forever.

From Afar is a 2015 drama film directed by Lorenzo Vigas. It runs 93 minutes and was released in September 2015.

Its themes are hustler, male prostitution, venezuela, and caracas.

Alfredo Castro takes the lead as Armando, Luis Silva as Elder, Jericó Montilla as Amelia, and Catherina Cardozo as María. The screenplay is by Guillermo Arriaga and Lorenzo Vigas. In the United States it streams on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel.

Mysterious Skin, The Last Match, and Mala Noche make useful companions to From Afar, all filed under gay theme. TMDB voters put it at 6.1 out of 10 across 139 votes.