A Distant Place

A worthwhile film with good acting by the entire ensemble. The director has a spare, slow style and wonderful visual sense. Cinematography was memorable. The script, however, is somewhat thin and some of the relationships seem lacking in development. I was confused, for example, by the specific relationships between the lead male and his twin sister. There might also have been more material making the relationship between the same-sex partners vivid and convincing, felt a bit flat............. But the movie captures how local mean-spirited homophobes can quietly and viciously try to ruin the lives of gay people. And how fighting to lead a full and authentic out life is challenging.