Distance
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57% Critic Match

Distance

Stories about the distances between us and how we live with them

5.7 / 10 2016 1h 48mNR Chinese
Drama

Storyline

Three stories which each focus on one of three types of relationships: family, friendship, and love. The first story is about conflicted manager on a business trip who is intrigued by an elderly worker and investigates his life. The second story is about a young father who receives a letter that brings him to a foreign land, where old emotions come unburied. The last story is about a visiting professor from overseas who sets a student's heart fluttering, while having to deal with his own.

Cast & Crew

Chen Bolin

Chen Bolin

Chen Wenxiang / Chen Deming / Chen Zhibin

Lead
Paul Chun Pui

Paul Chun Pui

Chen Qingjiang

Tony Yang

Tony Yang

Lin Ren Zheng

Jiang Wenli

Jiang Wenli

Xie Hong

Chayanit Chansangavej

Chayanit Chansangavej

Pim

Yeo Yann Yann

Yeo Yann Yann

Prison Liaison Officer

Li Feng

Li Feng

Xiao Bo

ZS

Zhu Shen-Long

Ming's Father

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sivaroj Kongsakul's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Distance is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker