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.
Following the the film, enjoy a pre-recorded discussion with director Lance Oppenheim and several subjects from the film, exclusive to virtual cinema.
- Year2020
- Runtime83 min
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- Premiere2020 Sundance Film Festival
- DirectorLance Oppenheim
- ProducerDarren Aronofsky, Jefrey Soros, Simon Horsman, Kathleen Lingo, Melissa Oppenheim Lano, Pacho Velez, Lance Oppenheim
- Executive ProducerAri Handel, Brendan Naylor, Morgan Earnest, Andrew Blau, Jake Carter, Trevor Groth, Tristen Tuckfield, Lindsay Crouse, Jeff Orlowski
- Co-ProducerChristian Vasquez
- CinematographerDavid Bolen
- EditorDaniel Garber, Lance Oppenheim
- ComposerAri Balouzian
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.
Following the the film, enjoy a pre-recorded discussion with director Lance Oppenheim and several subjects from the film, exclusive to virtual cinema.
- Year2020
- Runtime83 min
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- Premiere2020 Sundance Film Festival
- DirectorLance Oppenheim
- ProducerDarren Aronofsky, Jefrey Soros, Simon Horsman, Kathleen Lingo, Melissa Oppenheim Lano, Pacho Velez, Lance Oppenheim
- Executive ProducerAri Handel, Brendan Naylor, Morgan Earnest, Andrew Blau, Jake Carter, Trevor Groth, Tristen Tuckfield, Lindsay Crouse, Jeff Orlowski
- Co-ProducerChristian Vasquez
- CinematographerDavid Bolen
- EditorDaniel Garber, Lance Oppenheim
- ComposerAri Balouzian