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Distance

2001

Hirokazu Koreeda

Arata Iura, Yusuke Iseya, Susumu Terajima, Seminosuke Murasugi ...

6.4

270

Drama Members of a cult, modeled on Aum Shinrikyo, sabotage a city's water supply, then commit mass suicide near the shores of a lake. Family members (the credited cast, minus Asano) of the perpetrators meet at the lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths. They meet a former member of the cult (Asano), who had trained for the water sabotage attack but defected at the last minute. He leads them to the cabin he's currently ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Derek Elley Variety	"A far less interesting journey, with no clear point of view and thin material stretched to its limit."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It does not have the power of Japanese movies on the same subject (...) But there is something resonant about this movie's subtle melancholy."
		Patrick Z. McGavin IndieWire	"In never quite finding a vital rhythm or shape, 'Distance' is a work more easily admired than genuinely appreciated."
		Tony Rayns Time Out	"Fairly unrewarding."

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