Movie

How Far, How Near

1972 · 95 min

A slow, dreamlike drift through memory and loss, heavy with silence and ghosts.

Overview: A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much about his own life along the way.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, memory, isolation, death
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
memory
isolation
death
identity
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild