Movie

A Distant Neighborhood

2010 · 98 min

A gentle, wistful time-travel drama that lingers on family regrets and the quiet ache of missed chances.

Overview: Thomas, a father in his fifties, returns by chance to the town where he grew up. He collapses and wakes up forty years earlier in the body of his teenage self. Thrown back into his past, Thomas will not only have to re-live his first love, but also try to understand the reasons for his father’s mysterious departure. Can you change the past by living it again?
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and whimsical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, grief, memory, parenthood
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
memory
parenthood
coming-of-age
Places: small town
countryside
home
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild