Some Kind of Heaven (2021)

Directed by

Lance Oppenheim

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

14A

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows four people living in a massive retirement community in Florida. They each try to find happiness and purpose in their later years.

observationalmelancholicstylizedcontemplativeintimateunhurriedreflectivelonely

What happens

Some Kind of Heaven is a 2020 American documentary film about The Villages, Florida, the world's largest retirement community. Marking the directorial feature debut of Lance Oppenheim, the film is a stylized portrait of four residents living within The Villages, struggling to find happiness and meaning in life's final chapters. The film, produced by Darren Aronofsky, The New York Times, and Los Angeles Media Fund premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was the sole documentary to play in the NEXT section, a category known for "pure, bold works distinguished by innovative, forward-thinking approach[es] to storytelling". It was released in theaters and on-demand in the United States on January 15, 2021, by Magnolia Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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