Distance
Japan
2001
132 Min
Color
1.70:1
Japanese
Synopsis
A massacre initiated by the followers of an apocalyptic religious sect, the Ark of Truth, leaves more than a hundred people dead – including the self-appointed executioners, slain by fellow cult members.
Three years pass. On the anniversary of the slaughter, four friends who lost loved ones in the tragedy seek solace by journeying to the secluded lake where it all began. They encounter a man who was with the executioners until the very moment the killing began, and their pilgrimage takes a strange, unexpected turn. –Trigon Film
Director
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Born in Tokyo in 1962. Originally intended to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University in 1987 went on to become an assistant director at TV Man Union. Sneaked off set to film Lessons from a Calf (1991). His first feature, Maboroshi no hikari (1995), based on a Teru Miyamoto novel and drawn from his own experiences whilst filming August Without Him (1994), won jury prizes at Venice and Chicago. The main themes of his oeuvre include memory and loss, death and loss, and the intersection of documentary and fictional narratives. —IMDb
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No Borders
20Sep09
A great film. Haunting in a post-9/11 world. Is reconciliation or forgiveness possible after such horrors?
Musidora
7Jul09
"Distance" is a very unique experience. Kore-eda's trademark beautiful muted settings are here yet unlike any of his other films, there are very quiet seething ghosts of anger and very disturbing tension weaved throughout landscapes and memories. I saw it at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2002. I'd like to see it again if possible.
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