Distance is a Singapore–China and Thailand co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
再见,在也不见
“Stories about the distances between us and how we live with them”
Three stories which each focus on one of three types of relationships: family, friendship, and love. The first story is about conflicted manager on a business trip who is intrigued by an elderly worker and investigates his life. The second story is about a young father who receives a letter that brings him to a foreign land, where old emotions come unburied. The last story is about a visiting professor from overseas who sets a student's heart fluttering, while having to deal with his own.
Singapore × China and Thailand Co-Production
Other Singapore×China titles
Other Singapore×Thailand titles
The 2010s Singapore Landscape
2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Singapore — 4 titles released, including Distance. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (16 total).
Audience Engagement
10 audience reviews — more than 9% of Singapore films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 3th percentile among Singapore films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Distance, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- parents · 2
- connection · 1
- relationship · 23
- memory · 12
- family · 74
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #14 of 32 Singapore films indexed here (56th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Singapore Drama productions specifically: #8 of 14 (top 57%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Singapore |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Singapore, China, Thailand |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Thai |
| Production Companies | Guangxi Film Group, Changjinglu Cinema Studio, Giraffe Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | May 13, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt4907174 |
| Official Site | alittleseed.com |


