A great film. Haunting in a post-9/11 world. Is reconciliation or forgiveness possible after such horrors?
"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.