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51% Critic Match
La distancia
“When love and hatred hit, it is difficult to maintain...”
5.1 / 10• 2006• 1h 44m•NR• Spanish
Drama
Storyline
Daniel, a young boxer on the point of winning the title several times, is beaten yet again and commits a robbery that lands him in jail. Guillermo, a self-destructive policeman tormented by his latent homosexuality, blackmails Daniel into committing a murder behind bars. In exchange, Daniel gains his freedom and returns to the only thing he knows how to do: box. But this time the search for pain to relieve the guilt has made his conservative style more aggressive. He remembers the last conversation he had with the man he killed, when he talked about his wife, and goes to meet her. Seeing danger in the relationship between the victim's murderer and his widow, Guillermo tries to stop it.
Cast & Crew
Miguel Ángel Silvestre
Daniel
Lead
Jose Coronado
Guillermo
Federico Luppi
Entrenador
Belén López
Raquel
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Iñaki Dorronsoro's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. La distancia is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
