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D is for Distance

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A film essay montage of contemporary footage, archive and cinema history, about the age of post-truth and how one young man's childhood epilepsy became representative of the woes of the world and how he triumphed against adversity.

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Nick Bradshaw Sight & Sound 3d
Co-directors Chris Petit and Emma Matthews explore their son’s experience of epilepsy and their own struggle to find him adequate medical care in an essayistic film that has a flavour of Adam Curtis’s 20th-century psychohistories. Go to Full Review Marina Ashioti Little White Lies 4d
3/5
It’s a strange gambit that doesn’t entirely pay off, the dense web of associations occasionally derailing the gravitas of an otherwise grounded film about the fragility of memory and identity. Go to Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall Feb 6
3.5/5
While it includes details about the complexities of epilepsy, this cinematic essay instead focusses on feelings and connections, weaving in a range of visual and thematic references that feel perplexing and sometimes tenuous. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Christopher Petit

Director

Emma Matthews

Director

Jodhi May

Narrator

Mika Taanila

Producer

Jussi Eerola

Producer

Jussi Eerola

Cinematographer
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Movie Info

Synopsis A film essay montage of contemporary footage, archive and cinema history, about the age of post-truth and how one young man's childhood epilepsy became representative of the woes of the world and how he triumphed against adversity.
Director
Christopher Petit, Emma Matthews
Producer
Mika Taanila, Jussi Eerola
Production Co
Testifilmi
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 28m