Aravali Film Festival & Alliance Française de Delhi invite you to a special film screening of “Distant”
đź“… 20 February 2026
📍 Alliance Française de Delhi
Director: Devendra Sinha | Language: Hindi with English subtitles | Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes
🎬 The director and his crew will be present for a Q&A session after the screening.
About the Film
Distant follows several ordinary lives unfolding in parallel — a father and son drifting through uncertain days, an ageing priest facing generational tension, and a woman returning home after years of absence. Through restrained performances and a measured rhythm, the film explores emotional distance, responsibility, and the quiet weight of unresolved choices. While rooted in a specific cultural context, its concerns are universal, inviting reflection without imposing resolution.
Synopsis
Set across two intertwined worlds, Distant traces the fragile rhythms of ordinary lives caught between duty, identity, and quiet despair.
Inder, suspended from work, wanders through uncertain days with his curious young son, concealing his own failures while attempting to shield the child from their consequences. Elsewhere, an ageing priest and his son clash over tradition, memory, and the meaning of faith, as buried histories resurface. Parallel to them, Kunti returns home after years in prison, confronting a father whose dreams for her were undone by rebellion and circumstance.
Through intimate vignettes, gentle humour, and quiet ruptures, the film explores generational bonds, moral contradictions, the weight of punishment, and the blurred lines between right and wrong — a tender, contemplative portrait of people striving to remain human in an increasingly unforgiving world.
