Distant Loved Ones

Distant Loved Ones (Russian: Далёкие близкие, romanized: Dalyokiye blizkiye, lit. 'distant close') is a 2022 Russian road comedy drama film directed by Ivan Sosnin,^[1][2][3][4] theatrically released on 29 September 2022.^[5]

Distant Loved Ones
Directed by	Ivan Sosnin
Written by	Ivan Sosnin
Produced by	Aleksandr Bondarev Igor Mishin Andrey Tereshok
Starring	Ekaterina Ageyeva Filipp Avdeyev Kirill Käro Irina Pegova Evgeniy Sytyy Andrey Urgant Elena Yakovleva
Cinematography	Ivan Solomatin
Music by	Arsen Baderkhan
Production companies	KIT Film Studio MTS Media Red Pepper Film
Release date	29 September 2022 (2022-09-29) (Russia)
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

Plot

The film tells of a geography teacher at a Khabarovsk school who lives a routine life and gradually moves away from his son Misha. Everything changes when Misha decides to give his dad his old smartphone, as a result of which, the father begins to register on social media networks.^[6]

Cast

• Ekaterina Ageyeva as Masha
• Filipp Avdeyev as Misha
• Kirill Käro as trucker
• Irina Pegova as Natalya Pavlovna
• Evgeniy Sytyy as Boris
• Andrey Urgant as Vova
• Elena Yakovleva as Nadezhda
• Dmitry Lysenkov as director
• Sofiya Suchkova as Masha's friend
• Andrei Blagoslovensky as neighbor