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A Safe Distance

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After a woman is abandoned by her boyfriend in the forest, she befriends a pair of notorious fugitives on the run from the law, and becomes dangerously entangled in their relationship.

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Kristy Puchko Mashable Mar 19
A Safe Distance evolves into a sapphic romance with crackling chemistry. Go to Full Review Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Mar 15
Some of the material about the "freedom" of the criminal life is a bit overwritten … and the final act has a a few choices and a twist that didn’t land for me, but the bulk of 'A Safe Distance' works. Go to Full Review Michael Petrey Pop Culture Leftovers May 27
Despite the high stakes suggested on paper, the tension rarely reaches the level expected of a thriller. Instead, Gloria Mercer’s A Safe Distance plays more like an offbeat hangout film about strangers who meet by chance and quickly form uneasy alliances. Go to Full Review Lyra Hale Fangirlish Apr 9
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[...] doesn’t fall into the same trappings of Hollywood where they skip, hop, and float around whether these two women like each other. They do. And that certainty changes everything. Go to Full Review Raquel Stecher Quelle Movies Mar 21
A sexy psychological thriller with a hypnotic slow burn, A Safe Distance will have you hooked from the very beginning. Go to Full Review Tina Kakadelis Film Obsessive Mar 21
A Safe Distance is about what happens when we get too close, both physically and emotionally, and how liberation can confine those it seeks to free. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Gloria Mercer

Director

Bethany Brown

Actor

Tandia Mercedes

Actor

Cody Kearsley

Actor

Chris McNally

Actor

Aidan West

Screenwriter
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Movie Info

Synopsis After a woman is abandoned by her boyfriend in the forest, she befriends a pair of notorious fugitives on the run from the law, and becomes dangerously entangled in their relationship.
Director
Gloria Mercer
Producer
Nic Altobelli, Aidan West, Gloria Mercer
Screenwriter
Aidan West
Production Co
See Horse Films, Area V5 Pictures
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 25m