New Kore-eda film?

[Aaron Gerow]

>Kore-eda's website (www.kore-eda.com) now has materials up for a film called
>_Distance_.  Unfortunately for me, the only information there so far is 
>written
>in Japanese. 

It's basically an Aum-related film.  Members of a religious cult commit 
an act of terror and are murdered by their own cult and thrown into a 
lake.  Years later, four people from the families of the cult members 
killed visit the lake, where they are joined by a man who used to belong 
to the cult. Through an accident, the 5 get stuck in a mountain cabin and 
begin relating their memories and experiences.

Sounds like another of Koreeda's explorations into memory. I'm scheduled 
to see the film next week.

Aaron Gerow
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