Armando (Alfredo Castro), a wealthy middle-aged gentleman, attracts to its rich home young boys. He does not want to touch them, just want to watch from a distance, from a distance.
The ritual is interrupted one day wrong choice "object of desire". Elder (played by rookie Luis Silva) is a rebellious troublemaker, a symbol of violence and homophobia, which blooms wild in the "streets of poverty" in Caracas. Among men born a strange relationship based initially on disgust and unhealthy fascination. Heroes combines besides the fact that they both grew up without a father figure.

Common interests are forcing Elder to visit Armando regularly. During these visits, unexpectedly establishes between them intimate relationship. Armando demons of the past, however, present themselves, while Elder engaged emotionally in the relationship. "From a distance" is
shocking debut Venezuelan writer and director Lorenzo Vigas.
The director reveals the turbulent history of the complicated relationship between two men from different worlds, which takes place in Caracas - a city full of chaos among the lower class communities.