D is for Distance

This deeply personal rumination on memory and the moving image offers a frank and uncompromising insight into medical bureaucracy.

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Credits

  • Directors

    Christopher Petit, Emma Matthews

  • Screenwriter

    Christopher Petit

  • With

    Louis Petit, Jodhi May

  • Finland 2025. 88min

  • Courtesy of

    BFI Distribution

  • Language

    English

Introduction

Louis Petit suffers a debilitating epilepsy that has shattered his young life and erased his memory of childhood. Louis’ parents, filmmakers Christopher Petit and Emma Matthews, tell Louis’ ongoing story through an extraordinary archive of personal footage and Jodhi May’s narration. A meditation on cinema, the NHS and family relationships, D Is for Distance also explores links between technology and the subconscious, and the inner reality of the mind.

Jason Wood

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