The Nearby Distance
The Nearby Distance
1981, Bulgarian. Directed by Slav Bakalov.
An alien arrives on the planet Earth with a special mission. He must steal and send canned food to his home planet, because it is very scarce there. The alien is confronted with the absurdity of Earth life. Ten animated episodes were inserted into the feature film as an ironic commentary.
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Bulgarian
- Rated
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- Released
- 9 July 1981
- Original title
- Blizkata dalechina
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Written by
- Slav Bakalov, Vladimir Ganev
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The Nearby Distance runs 65 minutes (1h 5m).
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The Nearby Distance isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 July 1981. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Nearby Distance?
The Nearby Distance (1981) was directed by Slav Bakalov and stars Yosif Sarchadzhiev, Mariana Radkova, Yuli Toshev.