With Some Kind of Heaven, first-time feature director Lance Oppenheim cracks the manicured facade of The Villages, America’s largest retirement community – a massive, self-contained utopia located in Central Florida. Behind the gates of this palm tree-lined fantasyland, Some Kind of Heaven invests in the dreams and desires of a small group of Villages residents – and one interloper – who are unable to find happiness within the community’s pre-packaged paradise. With strikingly composed cinematography, this candy-colored documentary offers a tender and surreal look at the never-ending quest for finding meaning and love in life’s final act.
- Year2020
- Runtime83 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorLance Oppenheim
- ProducerDarren Aronofsky, Kathleen Lingo (The New York Times), Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman, Melissa Oppenheim Lano, Pacho Velez, and Lance Oppenheim
- Executive ProducerJeff Orlowski and 30West
- CastAnne and Reggie Kincer, Dennis Dean, Barbara Lochiatto
- CinematographerDavid Bolen
- EditorDaniel Garber
- ComposerAri Balouzia
- Sound DesignAri Balouzia
With Some Kind of Heaven, first-time feature director Lance Oppenheim cracks the manicured facade of The Villages, America’s largest retirement community – a massive, self-contained utopia located in Central Florida. Behind the gates of this palm tree-lined fantasyland, Some Kind of Heaven invests in the dreams and desires of a small group of Villages residents – and one interloper – who are unable to find happiness within the community’s pre-packaged paradise. With strikingly composed cinematography, this candy-colored documentary offers a tender and surreal look at the never-ending quest for finding meaning and love in life’s final act.
- Year2020
- Runtime83 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorLance Oppenheim
- ProducerDarren Aronofsky, Kathleen Lingo (The New York Times), Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman, Melissa Oppenheim Lano, Pacho Velez, and Lance Oppenheim
- Executive ProducerJeff Orlowski and 30West
- CastAnne and Reggie Kincer, Dennis Dean, Barbara Lochiatto
- CinematographerDavid Bolen
- EditorDaniel Garber
- ComposerAri Balouzia
- Sound DesignAri Balouzia