Mortensen ( who also co-produced the film ) says that , as he was making the film , he thought about " European versus native populations in America , but also about Gaza " and " the artificial country called Iraq that was created by Europeans and is now falling apart . The film is based on " The Guest " , a short story by Albert Camus from his '' Exile and the Kingdom '' collection . '' Far from Men '' was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival . It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival . The movie was well received by the critics . Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 79 % of 24 critics gave the film a positive review , for an average rating of 6.8 / 10 . Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics , calculated a " generally favorable " average score of 74 , based on 13 reviews
71st Venice International Film Festival
71st Venice International Film Festival
Far from Men