Distant is set in Turkey, has some great cinematography. It's not an action flick. " Distant is a deeply compassionate and frequently amusing study of quiet desperation" That's about right.
Curse of the golden flower has chow yun fat. It's kind of a throw back chinese samurai flick. If you like those at all you should get it for sure. Some great battle scenes, blood, great art direction, good acting, trendy asian plot twist (you'll see what I mean).