Movie

Distance

2001 · 132 min

A quiet, haunting immersion into grief and memory, where stillness and fragmented recollections slowly reveal emotional depths.

Overview: On the third anniversary of a cult's failed chemical attack on Tokyo and their subsequent mass suicide, family members of those affected gather at the cult's former base on the shores of a lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, isolation, memory, identity
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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
isolation
memory
identity
faith
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none