The Distance
Filmfest 2014
(Der Abstand)
(LA DISTANCIA)
Spain 2013
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: German, Russian)
German Premiere
Director: Sergio Caballero
Section: International Independents
The premise sees a trio of telepathic Russian dwarves hired by an Austrian conceptual artist – a Joseph Beuys type whose clay-encrusted visage makes him look like a reject from the Blue Man Group, and whose walls are covered with complicated-looking equations. Eagle-eyed viewers may spot among the chalkings the decidedly non-algebraic formulation C3PO over R2D2. (Strong in this one, the force is.)
The dwarfs' aim is to steal a certain something from the turbine-room of the Siberian power-station in which the artist has been imprisoned for years – and the film is essentially an 80-minute buildup to the revealing of Caballero's version of 'the great whatsit' from KISS ME DEADLY.
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Cast: Michal Lagosz, Alberto Martínez, Jinson Efren Añazco, Roland Olbeter, Fx Vidi Vidal
Credits
Screenplay: Sergio Caballero
Director of Photography: Marc Gómez del Moral
Film Editor: Martí Roca
Composer: Pedro Alcalde, Sergio Caballero
Production Designer: Gaby García
Costume Design: Kike Blanco
Sound: Pedro Alcalde
Producer: Sergio Caballero
Co-Producer: Ibon Cormenzana
Production Company: AM Films SL
World Sales: AM Films SL
Director: Sergio Caballero