Distance (2001)

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Movie
German title Distance
Original title Distance
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 2001
length 132 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
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Director Hirokazu Koreeda
script Hirokazu Koreeda
production Yutaka Yamasaki
camera Yutaka Yamazaki
cut Hirokazu Koreeda
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Distance is a Japanese film by Hirokazu Koreeda from the year 2001 . The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival .

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Members of a sect modeled on the Aum sect sabotage the city's water supply and then commit collective suicide at a lake. The relatives of the victims meet on the anniversary of the mass suicide at this lake. They meet Asano, a former member of the sect who prepared to sabotage the water supply but was exposed at the last minute. He shows the relatives the hut in which they have prepared for the attack. The relatives spend the night there together and remember the deceased sect members. Sakata and Atsushi talk about Yūko, Atsushi's sister, who persuaded Sakata to flee with him the night before the attack.

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